mc_squared Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Pictured: The moment a pensioner tried to reverse from her garage... but shot forwards through a wall and into a RIVER By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:02 PM on 21st January 2010 Comments (1) Add to My Stories This is the moment a pensioner tried to reverse out of her garage but hit the accelerator by mistake - and smashed through a wall before landing in a river. Pat Dancer, who is in her 70s, was trying to reverse her blue Vauxhall out of her garage when she clipped the wall. But she then hit the accelerator and shot forward - smashing through the rear garage wall and plummeting into a stream behind her home. Pat Dancer drove her Vauxhall through her garage wall and into a river at the back of her home at Chillaton, near Lifton in Devon The car landed on its front bumper with the back in the air and Ms Dancer was trapped inside at the scene in Chillaton near Lifton, Devon. Police were called by a neighbour and she was carried from the car and taken to hospital with leg injuries and mild hypothermia. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police said: 'The woman had been trying to reverse the car out of the garage when she struck the side wall. Police were called by a neighbour and she was carried from the car and taken to hospital with leg injuries and mild hypothermia 'She panicked and floored the accelerator which shot the car forward at speed and straight through the back wall. The wall was destroyed. 'Her car was found in the river with the front wheels under water but luckily she was largely unhurt.' Ms Dancer is now in a stable condition and being treated for minor injuries at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244996/Pictured-The-moment-pensioner-tried-reverse-garage--shot-forward-river.html#ixzz0dGLJclE4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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