Chasing down speeding motorists for the New York City Police back in 1898 was a true battle of stamina as officers used to go after wrong doers on push bikes.
In the quiet area of Wooton Green a teenager, escaped serious injury when his vehicle lost control and was thrown upside down, ending up on its roof in the driveway of a couple who lived on Upper Shelton Rd. The car was lucky not to end up in their living room, where the husband was watching TV just after finishing a night shift. When he heard the crash outside at 1am he went upstairs and woke his wife and they both went outside to find little sign of movement. Read on…