Porsche and wrecks

Pensioner, 73, drives £75,000 Porsche 911 Targa through a car park wall — and it crashes onto pavement

The pensioner survived the crash after clearing a 10ft gap and landing nose first

By Carri-Ann Taylor

7th April 2018, 12:29 am

Updated: 7th April 2018, 12:29 am

A £75,000 Porsche 911 Targa lies crumpled on a footpath after crashing through a car park wall.

Onlookers said the 73-year-old driver accelerated through the bricks and cleared a 10ft gap before the car landed bonnet first.

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The 73-year-old driver managed to walk away from the scene, but the black 2014 Porsche 911 Targa was badly damaged

A 73-year-old driver crashes a £75,000 Porsche through a car park wall in Colchester, Essex

A crane arrived at the scene shortly after to remove the vehicle

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No-one was underneath when the Porsche crashed into the cut through in Colchester

Police arrived from their nick yards away and quizzed the man for careless driving.

He will be offered a fitness to drive course. No one was hurt in Thursday’s smash in Colchester, Essex.

Sergeant Colin Shead of Essex Police’s road policing unit said: “A 73 year old male has been reported for careless driving following this RTC in Crouch Street Colchester earlier this evening.

“Thankfully neither the driver or anyone else was injured.”

Credit Pic Eastnews/Gio Green. Eastnews Press Agency Colchester, Essex England

Images show what used to be a brick wall leading onto the public foot path – no destroyed after crash

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The Porsche landed nose first onto the popular public cut through

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Following the collision, the pensioner will now have to complete a course to prove he is fit to drive

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