Dashcam footage has spotted a caravan that appears to have disintegrated being dragged through the streets of Christchurch.
Video / RD Kawana
A car has been filmed dragging what appears to be a disintegrating caravan across Christchurch.
The crumbling caravan, towed along Blenheim Rd by what appears to be a Toyota Hiace, had its bottom half missing and its sides splaying out across the street.
Police said they received reports of avehicle towing a caravan in an unsafe manner in Fendalton about 10.30am.
The intersection where the video was filmed is in the Riccarton suburb, west of the city centre and Hagley Park.
A car and caravan were filmed on Blenheim Rd in Riccarton, Christchurch. Photo / Google
Thomas Merrin also spotted the low-riding caravan, earlier in the morning in eastern Christchurch.
“It was driving along Anzac Drive heading south at 10am with the front end flying off it,” Merrin said.
“Driver was just cruising through, not aware of anything I don’t think, or purely didn’t care”.
The caravan was listed on Facebook Marketplace for $1500. Photo / Jacob Betman
Jacob Betman, who builds off-road caravans, told the Herald he went to buy the caravan at the weekend and recognised the caravan and the van towing it in the video.
The doors and windows of the caravan were bought for $600. Photo / Jacob Betman
He said the caravan was listed on Facebook Marketplace for $1500.
“It looked like it had been rolled,” Betman said.
He said he refused to pay the asking price, but he did return later and pay $600 for the doors and windows, which do not appear to be fitted on the caravan in the picture or video of it.
“There was no way that caravan was going anywhere,” Betman said.
