A young woman had a lucky escape after the car she was driving skidded on ice and flipped over several times on a Scots country road.
The 25-year-old was travelling from Glenrothes to Lochore near Kelty to meet a friend for a walk shortly after 10am on Friday.
However she hit suspected black ice near Auchmuirbridge and spun round 180 degrees.
Paramedics at the scene later told her the grey Hyundai's back end likely then clipped the verge, causing it to roll and finish upside down on the other side of the road.
The woman, who did not wish to be named, told the Record: “It must have been at least two or three times it flipped.
"It all happened pretty fast. Once I started spinning round I closed my eyes until I was hanging upside down in the car.
“I did not really know if I had finished up on the road or in a ditch and whether crawling out would tip the car.
"I looked for my phone to call someone but couldn’t find it because my stuff was everywhere. I felt so dizzy and undid my seatbelt and crawled through the driver's side window.
“In the moment, I was just confused and it was not really until I got home that I fully realised what had happened.
“Thankfully no one was coming in the other direction when I crashed, or behind me.
"The paramedics said that, as the airbags in the car did not deploy, I must have been driving between 20mph and 30mph. I was driving carefully because of the conditions.
“It had been icy that morning and, by the time I went out in the vehicle It had melted in most places.
"I was going along the road slowly and the steering started going crazy and I tried to steer - but at some point the car slipped and turned around.
“Emergency services later told me they thought the back of the car had maybe hit the verge and then it flipped.
"It was really icy on that bit of road, and it might have been because it was shaded. Even when the emergency services got out they were struggling to walk on the road.”
The woman said another driver helped her after she crawled free from the car and used their mobile phone to contact her parents and emergency services.
She said paramedics and police arrived within about 10 minutes and she was checked over in an ambulance before heading home to recover from soreness and bruising.
The young woman described all those at the scene - including emergency services and other drivers - as being very helpful, with a number of people also helping to clear glass from the road.
One family friend said they were shocked to hear of the crash on Friday and said it was a miracle she is okay.
They said: “The whole ordeal awakened me to how much I take loved ones for granted: I don’t often encourage them or say how thankful I am for them.”
They said the woman came to live with them a number of years ago following a traumatic experience in life and described her as being “like a daughter".
The friend added: “She is a great blessing to us and many others and we all love her dearly.
“She seeks to live her life serving others and making Jesus known. We’re so thankful to the Lord that she is ok.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed they were called to the one-vehicle collision around 10.35am on Friday.
The spokesperson added: “Emergency services attended and there were no serious injuries.”
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