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Drivers Ed Fail
Posted by: TimothyT on: 04/14/2010 10:31 AM in [ Print ]
One minute she was practising her mirror, signal, manoeuvre drill. The next, she was upside down in a driveway wondering what went wrong.
Fortunately, Krisztina Jaksa and instructor Glen Berley escaped the crash unscathed - which is more than can be said for their black Fiat 500.
Student Miss Jaksa, 24, was crossing a junction in the village of Headington
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Drivers Ed Fail
Fortunately, Krisztina Jaksa and instructor Glen Berley escaped the crash unscathed - which is more than can be said for their black Fiat 500.
Student Miss Jaksa, 24, was crossing a junction in the village of Headington
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Panicking, she put her foot on the accelerator instead of the brake, sending the car crashing into a gatepost before it flipped over. She said she could not remember much about the accident, but added stoically: 'It has not put me off driving - why would it?' Witness Russ Dunne, 33, who lives on the quiet street, spoke to the instructor after helping to rescue him and the stricken pupil. He said: 'I was standing at my door talking to someone from the Labour party who had come around canvassing. 'I heard the engine revving really heavily and then this almighty smack. |
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