Drama as driver ploughs car through two garages

A MAN drove his car through his garage wall and then into a neighbouring one.

The “freak” incident took place at lock-ups on Broomlee Road in the Charleston area of Dundee.

Residents said the car’s driver — an elderly man — was lucky to escape injury after accelerating through the back of his garage, across a narrow footpath, before smashing through the back of his neighbour’s lock-up.

Speaking to the Tele today, the driver, who asked not to be named, said: “It was a freak accident. It is an automatic vehicle and my foot slipped on the accelerator when I was putting the car back into the lock-up.

“The whole back wall came down, the windscreen shattered and the front half of the car ended up in the passageway between the lock-ups.

“Fortunately no one was walking by. I have a bit of bruising to my arm from when the airbag went off but nothing more than that.”

Resident Scott Millar, 39, a service engineer, said he was shocked to come across the carnage.

He added: “I just heard all the commotion and came up to have a look.

“I have never seen anything like it before — it was totally bizarre. He is lucky he wasn’t injured.”

Another resident said “someone could have been killed” in yesterday’s incident, which happened just after midday.

She said: “I got a fright when I saw what had happened.

“I j ust hoped t he driver was OK and no one else was injured.”

Speaking at the scene, Lynne Cattanach, senior project manager for Abertay Housing — which owns the lockups — said engineers were now inspecting the damage to ensure it didn’t pose a safety risk.

She said: “One of our residents had an accident and drove through his lock-up into another one.

“We’re now making sure everything is safe and that everyone keeps a fair distance away before everything is sorted out.

“It was a pure accident — the man hit the accelerator instead of the brakes.”

Some of the lock-ups in the area have been scheduled for demolition.

However, Ms Cattanach confirmed that the two involved were not among them. The vehicle was badly damaged in the crash.

The car after crashing through the wall of one garage and into another.