Wishaw Press

Abandoned car is a wheel problem

Residents fear vehicle is a hazard

- Stratton Williams

Fed-up residents say a car abandoned in a Craigneuk street for three weeks could threaten the safety of their homes if it becomes a target for vandals.

And now they are calling for immediate action to have the smashed up vehicle removed from Meadowhead Road.

Resident Thomas Carroll, 49, said: “This car has been abandoned here all that time and we are concerned there could be a major incident if, for example, it was set on fire by vandals.

“I don’t know what is taking so long for it to be removed.

“I have asked police what the situation is with it and they say that it is not causing an obstructio­n and is legally parked so there is not a lot they can do about it.

“We are three weeks down the line now and it is unacceptab­le – we want it taken away now.”

Residents claim that the car was followed into Meadowhead Road by police just after midnight on January 1. The driver of the blue Ford Fiesta, is then said to have hit a fence, before coming to a halt.

Thomas claims that a neighbour who saw it all told him that the driver was so drunk he couldn’t stand up and after getting out the car and trying to make off, officers arrested him and took him away in handcuffs.”

However, Police Scotland say they can find no record of any arrest round that time at that location.

“As far as I am aware the car is legally parked and not causing an obstructio­n so there is little the police can do about it,” said a Police Scotland spokesman.

“We are trying to trace the owner with a view to resolving the matter.”

There could be a major incident if it was set on fire

 ??  ?? Tyred out Front wheel and wing damage on the Fiesta which is parked many feet from the kerb in Meadowhead Road
Tyred out Front wheel and wing damage on the Fiesta which is parked many feet from the kerb in Meadowhead Road
 ??  ?? Damage The battered front wing of the abandoned Ford Fiesta
Damage The battered front wing of the abandoned Ford Fiesta

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