Chris Baynes

Another car crashes into retirement village home

Oct 21 2014 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

A 92-year-old resident of an Albury retirement village accidentally crashed his car into a neighbours village home. It appears he accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the break, vaulting the car across the lawn.

He was only slightly injured and the 82-year-old resident was only shaken.
This is the fourth car to drive into a village home in the past 12 months nationally.

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