QUICK thinking engineer Vassilis Pananikolau took these photos of 'flying' shed/barn in Soham

GALLERY: Dramatic photos of Soham ‘flying shed’ which flew into path of Cambs engineer on his way into work

Monday, March 11, 2013
3:27 PM

QUICK thinking engineer - and Ely Standard reader- Vassilis Papanikolaou had a lucky escape when he spotted this uprooted shed flying towards him on a Cambridgeshire road today.

QUICK thinking engineer Vassilis Pananikolau took these photos of 'flying' shed/barn in Soham

“I was driving out of Soham towards Newmarket - going to work- when this large shed / mini barn, got blown off by the winds right onto my path,” he said.

“I had to do an emergency brake to avoid hitting it.”

Mr Papanikolaou who was first on scene along the Fordham Road, stopped to call the police and then took these dramatic photos with his mobile phone.

“It all happened right before my eyes,” he said. “A flashing lights unit arrived shortly after and closed the road.”