Debs
19-02-2006, 15:05
Cameron Diaz has apparently cheated death after a bird shattered the windscreen of her chauffeur-driven car.
The bird punched a hole in Diaz's silver Range Rover as she was driven along the A3 in Ripley, Surrey at 65mph. The chauffeur was able to keep the vehicle under control despite suffering from minor cuts, before stopping at a nearby garage.
"There is no doubt that he saved Cameron's life," a motorist at the garage told the Sunday Mirror. "Other drivers would have panicked and lost control but he remained very cool.
"All you had to do was look at the damage to the windscreen to realise there had been one hell of an impact. I thought someone had thrown a brick from a bridge or something. The driver said he had been travelling at around 65mph when he saw a bird flying across from a field at the side of the road.
"They both instinctively ducked, hoping that it would miss them, but it smashed straight into the windscreen on the driver's side. Cameron apparently screamed, 'Oh my God!' and was covered in broken glass. I think they both realised that they'd had a lucky escape, largely thanks to his driving skills."
The bird punched a hole in Diaz's silver Range Rover as she was driven along the A3 in Ripley, Surrey at 65mph. The chauffeur was able to keep the vehicle under control despite suffering from minor cuts, before stopping at a nearby garage.
"There is no doubt that he saved Cameron's life," a motorist at the garage told the Sunday Mirror. "Other drivers would have panicked and lost control but he remained very cool.
"All you had to do was look at the damage to the windscreen to realise there had been one hell of an impact. I thought someone had thrown a brick from a bridge or something. The driver said he had been travelling at around 65mph when he saw a bird flying across from a field at the side of the road.
"They both instinctively ducked, hoping that it would miss them, but it smashed straight into the windscreen on the driver's side. Cameron apparently screamed, 'Oh my God!' and was covered in broken glass. I think they both realised that they'd had a lucky escape, largely thanks to his driving skills."