A MUM was left terrified after a 40ft pylon fell on her car in an accident involving Trent Alexander-Arnold before the footballer comforted her.
Louise Wright, 41, had just turned out on to a wet country lane near Knutsford, Cheshire, when a 40ft electric pylon smashed into her car last month – as first revealed in The Sun.
Bewildered and shocked, the mum-of-two noticed a Range Rover ahead of her and went to go and check on the driver – finding out later it was the Liverpool ace Trent, 25.
The shaken Liverpool star was seen getting out and making sure everything was ok.
The high-voltage power line, weighing around half a ton, smashed down right in front of the England ace’s £90,000 Range Rover with Storm Babet causing 70mph winds.
Louise, a stay-at-home mum, who lives near Knutsford, said: “I had just been to a gym class.
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“I was turning out the junction at hardly any speed. There was this massive bang and the car stopped.
“I could see there was a car in front that had crashed.
“I thought – ‘something bad has happened’.
“I got out and went to the car.
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“He opened the door and I asked if he was ok.
“At the time I was running off adrenaline.
“I broke down in tears when I got in the car with Gareth.
“I keep replaying it. I might not be here if it had gone through the windscreen.”
The pylon pierced Louise’s white BMW on the passenger side and she claims Alexander- Arnold’s car had damage on the front passenger side.
Now Louise and her husband, Gareth, 40, say they face £650 in excess and high premium rates on their insurance for the next five to six years, following the crash.
Louise and Gareth, a communications director, claim it wasn’t windy and are not certain the pylon came down because of Storm Babet.
Gareth said: “It wasn’t windy that day but it was really wet.
“If she’d been a metre forward it would have come through the windscreen.
“She was really shaken by it.”
Louise added: “It’s been quite a big stress for us as a family.”
Police arrived on the scene shortly after the incident and gave Louise Alexander-Arnold’s insurance details.
Gareth and Louise’s insurance company have written to Alexander-Arnold and are awaiting a response.
They say the accident could cause them around a £1,000 a year on their insurance by making a claim.
Luckily the car is repairable but will cost £16,800 to fix.
It comes as Manchester United star Marcus Rashford rushed to help a woman driver after a horror crash in his £700,000 Rolls-Royce.
The Prem striker had just left United’s Carrington base before the smash in September.
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He got out of the car without trouble and immediately went over to make sure the female driver was unhurt.
Rashford and his teammates had returned from Turf Moor aboard a team coach.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
