25,000 Euro of damage Serious accident at car wash in Duisdorf

Duisdorf · A trip to the car wash did not go according to plan for an 81-year-old woman and ended up being very expensive. The car wash operator is now irritated by the account of the accident.

How could it happen? A collision in a car wash in Duisdorf resulted in property damage of 25,000 Euros. But the accident raised many questions and probably happened differently to how first reported by the police.

A pensioner drove to a car wash next to a petrol station on Rochusstraße in Duisdorf on Saturday morning to wash her car. After the wash programme, the car had only to be driven out of the car wash - according to the police report, backwards.

The woman asked an employee for help and wanted to make room for him by moving into the passenger seat. In doing so, she pressed on the accelerator and, in reverse gear, crashed into a waiting car. The car wash was also damaged. The property damage incurred was 25,000 Euros.

The strange thing is that the car wash in question does not need to be exited backwards. So why did the 81 year old woman drive out of the car wash in the wrong direction?

Operator’s description of the incident

The operator, who does not wish to be named, has an answer, and is irritated by the account given by police. The leaseholder reports that the woman drove into the car wash too fast. The conveyor belt, which pulls the car through the system, was therefore halted. To restart the wash operation, the employee asked her to reverse her vehicle. She did so at full speed, resulting in the serious accident. However, no employee rushed to her aid nor was the wash operation finished [as previously reported].

When asked, the police said their account could have been misleading. The 81-year-old was somewhat afraid of carrying out the manoeuvre in her automatic car and therefore only wanted to call a car wash employee for help to manoeuvre the car out of the car wash. But according to police this eventually led to a chain of unfortunate events.

Chain of unfortunate events

As she tried to get help, she first mistakenly put the automatic transmission into reverse gear and then stepped on the accelerator pedal. The car shot backwards in reverse and damaged the car wash. The car then crashed into another car, which was waiting at the entrance. Both cars were so badly damaged that they had to be towed away.

Luckily no one was injured in the mishap. However, the Duisdorf police assessed the total damages at around 25,000 Euros. The tenant could not say on Monday when the damage to the car wash would be repaired.

Translated by Kate Carey.

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