Police warn drivers after car flips over in seaside town

Toby Codd

16 September 2024 at 10:19 am·1-min read

A car flipped in Polzeath today (September 16) — -Credit: (Image: Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team on X)

A warning has been issued to motorists across Cornwall after a vehicle flipped in Polzeath today (Monday, September 16). Police posted an image on X of the white car on its side.

The crash is the second that police have been called to today that has involved a vehicle with "manageable defects". The Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team said in their post on X that vehicles need a "good handbrake" while navigating hills across the county.

They reminded people that Cornwall has "a lot of hills and you need a good handbrake". The force added: "Second vehicle today that has had to be recovered due to manageable defects, resulting in collisions."

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