HERO holidaymakers miraculously saved a family from being crushed by the car that ploughed into Newgale Camping grounds on Saturday night.
After the blue Ford "catapulted" from the road at a speed of "80 or 90mph", it flipped over and crushed three people, according to campsite boss Mike Harris.
In an incredible feat of strength, brave campers at the Pembrokeshire campsite joined together and reportedly lifted the vehicle "90 degrees" to free victims.
Mike told Sky News: "I didn't realise a car could go so fast down the road.
"It catapulted from the road because of the speed he was going, over the ditch separating the campsite and main road and landed about 100m from where the driver started braking.
"It turned three full turns and landed on its wheels. It rolled through a tent belonging to a family.
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"The vehicle then rolled and rested on top of three people.
"The campers managed to lift the vehicle 90 degrees to tilt it forward and rest on its side. They freed the three people."
Mike's wife, Clare, also claimed the car "flipped and rolled several times" before it "crashed into the tent".
MIRACLE ESCAPE
According to the couple, who spoke to PA news agency, a two-year-old boy also had a miracle escape after being protected by his cot.
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"There was a young child in the tent at the time, thankfully they are okay," Clare added.
"It's a tragic accident that the police are dealing with, that's all we can say at the moment."
The tot's father, 44, was airlifted by a Coastguard rescue helicopter and rushed to a Cardiff hospital with injuries from the smash.
Meanwhile the toddler's mother was treated for an arm injury.
One holidaymaker who was at the scene, Laura Kennard, wrote on social media: "A friend helped flip the car to free trapped people and I got the [toddler] out of his cot in the flattened bell tent.
"I don't think this will ever leave my mind."
Levi Davies, 24, was also there as the horror smash unfolded and told Sky News: "We heard the tyres screeching as they came round the corner and then a loud bang as the car came over the bank and onto the campsite.
"In blind panic we ran out. There was two campers, one was really bad, he was in a really bad way."
HORROR CRASH
Holidaymakers had been outside their tents when the blue Ford Fiesta veered off the road.
Six victims were rushed to hospital by emergency services at around 10.40pm on Saturday after terrified campsite staff heard "screaming".
It is understood there were two surgeons and a firefighter staying at the campsite who jumped in to help administer first aid.
Of the six victims. two remain in a serious condition and three did not require hospital treatment.
The young driver, who reportedly passed his driving test in June, was taken to a hospital in Carmarthen, according to The Pembrokeshire Herald.
Mike previously told WalesOnline: "It happened at 10.38pm, I had left the campsite four minutes earlier and didn't hear or see anything.
"My staff heard the screaming and informed me immediately while they called the emergency services.
"I think they first thought there would have been fatalities and that's why there were so many emergency vehicles here.
The campers managed to lift the vehicle 90 degrees to tilt it forward and rest on its side. They freed the three people."
"I think one toddler was saved purely by the fact it was in a cot."
The owner also claimed: "There are no fatalities and from what I understand none of the injuries are life-threatening but I would say some are certainly life-changing."
Three people were admitted to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed another victim was rushed to Swansea's Morriston Hospital.
A spokesman said: "We were called yesterday at around 10.40pm to reports of an incident at Newgale Campsite, Pembrokeshire.
"We sent six emergency ambulances, one duty operations manager, one Cymru high acuity response unit and our crews were supported on scene by the emergency medical and retrieval transfer service and search and rescue helicopter.
My staff heard the screaming and informed me immediately while they called the emergency services."
"One patient was flown to University Hospital of Wales, four patients were taken by road to Glangwilli Hospital, and one patient was taken by road to Morriston Hospital."
One visitor who was at the site posted on social media: "We were at the campsite last night and were drifting off to sleep about 10.30ish. Heard a terrible skidding noise and a thud.
"I jumped out of our camper, like many others trying to look/help. At first is was so dark I couldn’t see where the vehicle had entered the site. Within a few mins I could see the people gathering around the area where it happened.
"The emergency vehicles started arriving in huge numbers. We decided to leave the site and head home. My thoughts are with anyone caught up in this horrible event last night and with the emergency services for such a response."
A spokesperson from the force added: "We are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision, which saw a car crash off the A487 and into a campsite in Pembrokeshire last night.
"At shortly after 10.30pm calls were made to emergency services reporting the collision at Newgale Campsite."
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Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference DP-20230812-402.
Information can also be given anonymously via Crimestoppers.
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