Electric car driver smashes through barriers and drives £63,000 BMW into a river | 70W1R80 | 2024-02-26 11:08:01
A BMW driver had a fortunate escape after by chance driving via a barrier and right into a river.
The £63,000 EV (electric vehicle) plunged into the River Hiz in Hitchin City Centre, Hertfordshire yesterday.
Regardless of the SUV turning into virtually absolutely submerged, the feminine driver reportedly managed to get out unhurt.
It's believed she thought the EV was in park mode and accidently hit the accelerator, which sent the car via the barrier and into the water.
In response to eyewitnesses, the BMW IX3 had been parked at Portmill Lane West Automotive Park, which sits near the river.
Witness Casey Gutterridge, 32, stated: 'The only thing I heard was somebody say the lady hadn't had the automotive for too long.
'One minute she was within the automotive and the subsequent minute she was in the water.
'With electrical automobiles you don't comprehend it's operating typically. I feel she's not had the automotive lengthy after which this happened.
'We have been driving past and we saw a great deal of sirens. We parked up and inside a minute or two saw a automotive in the water.
'There were two visitors wardens wanting within the distance which was quite humorous.
'By the appears of it was taken out around three or 4 hours later. I think about as a result of it's electrical they have to ensure it's effective.
'It's really fortunate that nobody was harm. A variety of families use that pathway alongside the river.'
Hertfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Hearth and Rescue Service attended the scene and the car was lifted and placed on a restoration truck simply earlier than 7pm.
In comparable circumstances, a man in Norway thought his Tesla was in park mode earlier this month and accidently drove it into a freezing fjord.
Fortunately, and moderately unusually, he and the passenger have been rescued by a floating sauna.
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