A driver has told of the terrifying moment she escaped from her burning car moments before it exploded on a busy roundabout.
Lizzie Connell and her husband cheated death after her Renault Twingo ground to a halt as flames leapt from the bonnet.
The 29-year-old lawyer and her husband Andy scrambled to safety minutes before their car was fully on fire – and then exploded on the Newbridge Roundabout, Edinburgh.
Fellow motorists stopped to help amid fears that someone was trapped inside, forcing the couple to desperately warn them to keep back.
Elizabeth, 29, said: “I had just pulled away from a set of traffic lights when my car ground to a halt.
“I noticed a flame coming out from under the bonnet, on the left hand side.
“We both got of the car and ran.
“The next thing there was a series of bangs and it went up in flames.”
A driver has told of the terrifying moment she escaped from her burning car
Lizzie Connell and her husband Andy.
A driver has told of the terrifying moment she escaped from her burning car
Lizzie Connell in her car before it burst into flames
A driver has told of the terrifying moment she escaped from her burning car
Woman tells of lucky escape after car burst into flames on busy roundabout
