Learner driver flies over pond into garden in car accident
Published: Sunday, Jul 21st 2024, 17:40
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In an accident in Wald AR on Sunday night, a learner driver crashed his car on its roof in a garden. The 24-year-old was only slightly injured.
The driver lost control of his car on a bend at around 1.30 a.m. and went over the right-hand side of the road, the Appenzell Ausserrhoden cantonal police reported on Sunday. He then collided with a streetlight, broke through a hedge, flew over a pond and ended up in the garden of a house.
Due to the force of the impact, the car overturned and came to a standstill on its roof. The driver was only slightly injured and was taken to hospital after receiving first aid at the scene.
The officers on the scene assessed his condition as "unfit to drive" and ordered a blood and urine test. Because the man only had a learner's permit, he should have been accompanied by a person authorized to drive. His license was therefore revoked.
The car had to be recovered with a crane. Several thousand francs worth of damage was caused to the garden and the car was totaled to the tune of tens of thousands of francs.
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