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Teenager captured on CCTV stopping runaway car with elderly passengers inside

Cafe worker stops runaway car containing elderly passengers

A teenager has been praised for his quick-thinking after stopping a runaway car from rolling away with two elderly passengers inside.

Euan Lonnen, 18, was captured on CCTV jumping into the moving vehicle outside the Highland Farm Cafe in Dingwall.

Cafe worker Euan helped the car come to a stop before it hit other parked vehicles . It is understood both passengers avoided injury.

Euan's actions last week drew massive support in the Highland town after the cafe owners posted the footage on social media.

Person wearing a white shirt and a dark navy apron with a “Highland Farm Café” logo, standing on a paved path in a rural outdoor setting. Behind the person are green lawns, wooden fences, mature trees, and a stone building, with a cloudy sky and countryside visible in the distance.
Euan Lonnen was praised for his quick-thinking at the Highland Farm Cafe

Euan said: "I was at the door talking to another customer and she pointed out there was a car rolling down the hill, with no driver but people in the passenger seats.

"I didn't really have time to think, I realised that the car wasn't going to turn, it was going quicker.

"So I just needed to get in and make it stop, so I pulled the handbrake."