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Andy Murray's Olympic gold post box hit by car in Dunblane
22 July 2019
Tayside and Central Scotland
The gold post box that commemorates Andy Murray's Olympic medal win has been knocked down by a car.
It appeared a silver Mercedes rolled down the hill into the post box, according to local resident Graham Fleming, who saw the aftermath.
He added the car appeared to have just missed a group of teenagers sitting on a bench less than a metre away.
The post box, in Dunblane, was painted after the Olympic tennis champion's singles win over Roger Federer in 2012.
Police Scotland confirmed they attended the "low speed collision" and that the female driver of the car had sustained a minor injury but did not require medical treatment.
It was unclear whether the woman was in the car at the time or not.
Graham Fleming, the owner of Dunblane's Bennet's Butchers, lives next to the post box. He heard the crash from his lounge, and went to look from his window.
He told the BBC Scotland news website: "I heard a massive thud... I looked out the window and there was a load of kids there who had been sitting on the chair beside the post box.
"Literally the park bench they were sitting on was less than one metre away from post box."
He added that he thought they would have seen the car coming and that none of the people on the pavement appeared to have been hurt.
Mr Fleming added: "A woman came down and drove the car away about a minute later... I think she was a bit embarrassed.
"She parked the car a few metres away and waited for the police."
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed they had been called to the scene on Dunblane's High Street at about 19:50 and that they were making inquiries into the circumstances of the collision.
Mr Fleming added that Royal Mail had been to the scene and that they had emptied the letters from the post box.
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Andy Murray's Olympic gold post box hit by car in Dunblane
22 July 2019
Tayside and Central Scotland
The gold post box that commemorates Andy Murray's Olympic medal win has been knocked down by a car.
It appeared a silver Mercedes rolled down the hill into the post box, according to local resident Graham Fleming, who saw the aftermath.
He added the car appeared to have just missed a group of teenagers sitting on a bench less than a metre away.
The post box, in Dunblane, was painted after the Olympic tennis champion's singles win over Roger Federer in 2012.
Police Scotland confirmed they attended the "low speed collision" and that the female driver of the car had sustained a minor injury but did not require medical treatment.
It was unclear whether the woman was in the car at the time or not.
Graham Fleming, the owner of Dunblane's Bennet's Butchers, lives next to the post box. He heard the crash from his lounge, and went to look from his window.
He told the BBC Scotland news website: "I heard a massive thud... I looked out the window and there was a load of kids there who had been sitting on the chair beside the post box.
"Literally the park bench they were sitting on was less than one metre away from post box."
He added that he thought they would have seen the car coming and that none of the people on the pavement appeared to have been hurt.
Mr Fleming added: "A woman came down and drove the car away about a minute later... I think she was a bit embarrassed.
"She parked the car a few metres away and waited for the police."
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed they had been called to the scene on Dunblane's High Street at about 19:50 and that they were making inquiries into the circumstances of the collision.
Mr Fleming added that Royal Mail had been to the scene and that they had emptied the letters from the post box.
Copyright [emoji2398] 2019 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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