What a Superman! Watch as workman shows superhero strength by using his hands to stop van from crashing into a wall… after forgetting the handbrake
- Scott Lodge, 39, had just finished working at a house in Essex on January 23
- The handbrake was not pulled up and the van started to roll towards the fence
This is the moment a real-life Clark Kent showed superhero strength and managed to bring a moving van to a halt.
Scott Lodge, 39, had just finished working at a customer’s house in Basildon, Essex, on January 23 and was putting tools away while on his van’s roof.
The vehicle’s handbrake was not pulled up and the van started to roll towards the customer’s fence with a steep drop on the other side.
Mr Lodge sprung into action, jumped off the roof in front of the vehicle and began pushing the van back.
Scott Lodge (pictured), 39, had just finished working at a customer’s house in Basildon, Essex, on January 23 and was putting tools away while on his van’s roof
The vehicle’s handbrake was not pulled up and the van started to roll towards the customer’s fence with a steep drop on the other side
His startled colleague Harry can been seen coming out of the open sliding door after the van had come to a standstill.
The tradesman said: ‘I was on the roof about to pull the ladder up while Harry was getting the ladder clamps from the back of the van.
‘Moving about on the roof was obviously enough to start the van rolling. I immediately started to shout: “Handbrake, handbrake, handbrake!”.
‘Quickly realising that Harry did not hear me or just didn’t know what was going on, I looked up to see the van was picking up speed heading towards what I knew was a rotten fence with a steep drop into a stream on the other side.
‘Instinct just took over and the rest is what you see, I ran across the roof bars, slid down the windscreen and jumped off of the bonnet, I turned around and put everything I had into stopping the van.
‘The van halted and I then took a few seconds to take in what just happened, then, appearing through the side door, Harry calmly walks out and asks, ‘what on earth just happened?’.
‘Human error had meant the handbrake was left off but somehow the van had stayed put for just over three hours.’
Mr Lodge sprung into action, jumped off the roof in front of the vehicle and began pushing the van back
The tradesman said: ‘I was on the roof about to pull the ladder up while Harry was getting the ladder clamps from the back of the van’
‘Moving about on the roof was obviously enough to start the van rolling. I immediately started to shout: “Handbrake, handbrake, handbrake!”.’
His startled colleague Harry (above) can been seen coming out of the open sliding door after the van had come to a standstill
Last year, Jim Gray only realised he had not pulled his handbrake up properly when his car started rolling towards a customer’s house in North Lincolnshire.
Doorbell footage showed the Hermes courier knocking on a customer’s front door while waiting for them to come and receive their parcel.
As he waited, the blue Hyundai begins rolling towards him and the building.
Miraculously he manages to spot the moving vehicle and races to wedge himself in between the house and the car, preventing any damage being done.
Mr Gray then managed to push his car back up the steep driveway before running around to the driver’s door.
He flings open the door and pulls the handbrake to secure the car.
