Friday, July 13, 2012
A party trick that doesn’t bear repeating
One young passenger in the West Midlands had a seriously lucky escape this week when his young driver girlfriend crashed her car into a garden wall.
Security cameras in a private residence caught the moment when the car, which was clearly moving at some speed, collided with the brick wall; became airborne and, amazingly, ejected the front seat passenger through the sunroof. Astonishingly, the young man appeared to not even touch the sides."We were called to reports of a silver Peugeot 406 in collision with a wall,” said a West Midlands police spokesperson. "
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drink driving but was later released without charge,” he added.
I don’t want to be one to bandy about accusations, but judging by the way the young man rocketed out of the sunroof, I’d hazard a guess that he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Thankfully, some would say miraculously, the passenger was completely unharmed – he certainly seems to have a good quota of “bouncebackability”.
As for the pensioner who had his garden destroyed in a moment, he seemed philosophical. "It was like something out of a police action film. Somebody could have easily been killed if they had been walking by," he said.
Perhaps the police ought to check the car over. Maybe it has a James Bond-style ejector seat.
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Labels: girlfriend, passenger, West Midlands, young driver
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posted by Fuse @ 1:31 AM 
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