'Really heavy' sofa cartwheels into path of a car on city road

MAN CAUGHT HAIR-RAISING MOMENT ON HIS DASHCAM

- By SOFIE JACKSON

A HULL man says he was lucky his car was not struck by a sofa when it tumbled off the back of a vehicle on Anlaby Road.

Brian Holmes, 53, from Bransholme, caught the hair-raising moment on his dashcam.

It was only because his daughter feared a 'Final Destination moment' - in reference to one of the horror films featuring a fatality from an unsecure load - that he maintained a cautious distance and luckily avoided a collision.

He worries vulnerable road users, such as bikers, could be crushed and even killed if unsecured loads are not better policed.

He said his 19-year-old son said it was a "really heavy sofa" and another man helped him drag it to the side of the road because it was blocking traffic. He thought it might have a reclining mechanism inside, adding to the weight.