Prince Charming mannequin seen in car on motorway is mistaken for a body
Officers said the call – about feet sticking out of a roll of carpet in a car on the motorway – was “thankfully” a false alarm.
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Your support makes all the difference.Police called about a pair of feet protruding from a roll of carpet in a car were relieved to find they belonged to a mannequin dressed as Prince Charming.
The driver of the vehicle, who was taking the dummy to a themed birthday party, was given “advice… to avoid such circumstances occurring again”, Cambridgeshire Police said.
Thankfully this was a false alarm
The force said in a social media post: “When we received a call on Saturday lunchtime to reports a vehicle was travelling along the M11 with a pair of feet poking out the end of a rolled up piece of carpet, alarm bells were naturally ringing for the informant and our control room.
“We managed to track the vehicle down in Angel Drove, Ely where our officers discovered there was indeed a pair of feet… belonging to a mannequin dressed as Prince Charming who was on his way to a themed birthday!
“Advice was given to the driver to avoid such circumstances occurring again!
“Thankfully this was a false alarm.”