Wind blows sign onto shoppers’ vehicles
The sign lifted off the roof and came down on four cars
FOUR cars were damaged when a huge sign board fell at Manny’s Build It, a hardware store on Great North Road in Brentwood Park.
The incident occurred at around 11am on Sunday. Luckily no-one was injured.
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According to Martin Plichta of Nimrod Park a mild gust of wind came up while he was standing next to his car. The sign lifted off the roof and came down on four cars, including his.
“The sign missed my friend and I by about half a meter.” They have visited the Builder’s Bean Café inside the store.
One car’s windscreen was smashed, while a blue bakkie’s roof got dented and a wiper twisted.
“My car had its roof badly dented and scratched as well as its windscreen broken. The car adjacent was lightly touched and scratched on one side,” Plichta said.
