Scottish man trapped by his runaway EV gets police to ram his car off the road

A Glasgow, Scotland motorist has had to call the police to help him bring his runaway EV to a halt by ramming the car off the road. The incident happened to Brian Morrison, a 53-year-old man whose electric vehicle was unable to be brought to a stop. Morrison was then forced to dodge red lights and roundabouts to avoid a collision. He subsequently called on local police to ram the car off the road.

The new posh EV of Mr. Morrison started driving itself and the brakes couldn’t work. The car in question is allegedly an MG ZS EV, a subcompact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese automotive manufacturer SAIC Motor under the British MG marque. The victim was reportedly cruising at 30mph when the car suffered a catastrophic malfunction.

Thankfully, the police were able to bring the car to a halt by allowing it to crash into a police van. Even after the collision that brought the car to a halt, Morrison says the car tried to keep moving when the police van was being moved away. The incident which happened at about 10 pm on Sunday, October 1 was quite terrifying.

Morrison said he noticed the problem when he was approaching a roundabout at 30mph and was unable to slow down. He managed to get around the roundabout but the car continued on its cruising speed even without the driver accelerating. He said he later heard a loud, grinding noise that sounded like brake pads. Morrison who had mobility issues said he was trapped in the car. The driver initially called his partner to ask her to warn the cars ahead of him that he could not stop his car. He later called emergency services.

The unique incident was quite puzzling as the call handlers were asking whether the car was a self-driving vehicle. Morrison said that this was the first time they had experienced such an issue and they had no idea what to do. Three police vehicles were part of the rescue operation and having it ram into a police car was after several failed attempts at turning off the engine. Police had to sit with the car for several hours before the RAC arrived at the scene.

The incident is already under investigation by Morrison’s insurance company but the driver is apprehensive of driving an electric vehicle again. The EV maker MG Cars is yet to issue an official statement on the incident.

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