Security cameras captured video of a German pensioner losing control of his car and repeatedly crashing into a gas station Wednesday afternoon in the town of Wendlingen.
Police said the 77-year-old driver likely confused the accelerator with the brake pedal and the forward and reverse gear.
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According to a witness who had just arrived to fill up on petrol, the driver backed into his van before the black station wagon slammed into the gas station’s entrance area where it was stopped by a wall between two refrigerators.
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The elderly driver was lightly injured and taken to the hospital out of precaution, according to local media.
Damage to the gas station and to the car came to around 46,000 euros (CAD $67,000), according to media.