Motorist crashes through wall, into garage
Female motorist's vehicle parked in garage after going through the wall and garage door.
A resident redefined the term ‘breaking and entering’ when her vehicle was driven through a wall and neatly through the garage door on the afternoon of Wednesday 18 September.
On Corlett Avenue at around 2.30pm, eyewitnesses say that the female motorist tried to pass the vehicle in front of her by driving onto the sidewalk when her plan went terribly wrong.
It is believed that either a misjudgement or a rock on the sidewalk could have caused her to lose control of her Chevrolet Orlando and speed through the wall and subsequently through the garage door into the garage.
“Not exactly a neat parking job,” one of the witnesses said to the Record.
The woman sustained neck injuries and was taken to Tshepo-Themba Private Hospital in Dobsonville by ER24 paramedics.
Buhle Sitwe, the owner of the property that was damaged in the incident could not believe the collision she witnessed.
Sitwe, who has been living in Witpoortjie since 2009, was sitting outside when the vehicle came speeding through the wall.
“My husband is on his way home.
“Our insurance brokers will come and assess the situation before we may use Help24,” Sitwe said, referring to the tow trucks on the scene.
“This should be recorded as the world’s funniest accident,” an eyewitness said as he walked away laughing.
It is unclear whether a breathalyser test was performed on the female motorist.
When the Record left the scene at 3.45pm, JMPD officers once again were conspicuous by their absence.
