Teen Driver’s Wrong Turn Gets Car Crushed By Tank

BERLIN (AP) — Police in western Germany say a novice driver escaped unharmed but her car was crushed after she inadvertently turned into the path of a convoy of British tanks.

Lippe police spokesman Lars Risserbusch said Tuesday the 18-year-old had apparently not seen the convoy when she made a left turn in front of it. The lead tank was unable to stop in time and the 62-ton main battle tankploughed over the front of her Toyota hatchback.

The tanks, from a British base in nearby Paderborn, were traveling through a military maneuver area that is also open to public traffic on their way to training exercises Monday morning. Police estimate 12,000 euros’ ($13,500) damage to the woman’s car.

The tank was unscathed.

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  1. Oh that’s nothing.

    Tracked vehicles typically add vulcanized rubber spacers to minimize damage to public roads during peace time. One icy winter day our troop was maneuvering around a hairpin curve at speed next to a public parking lot. I watched from the turret as one of the Abrams lost control and flattened around 16 civilian POV’s. Flattened.

    Horrifying and hysterical to witness. No one was injured.

  2. Was she DEAF? (in addition to texting on her cell phone?)
    How do NOT See/HEAR an entire COLUMN of MBT (Main Battle Tanks)!?!?!?!?!
    The noise can be heard for MILES around.

  3. I’m going to go out on a limb and speculate that some very intense cell-phone yakking was involved in this.

    And yes, I know Germans are very, very, very serious about their driving and require enormously expensive training and a test that 90% of Americans couldn’t pass with a cram course and a bribe, and are so serious about the seriousness of driving that the concept of “cup holders” for their North American export models had to be laboriously explained to them, but teens are teens, even in Germany.

  4. The tank was unscathed.

    Someone enjoyed writing that line.

  5. Avatar for yskov yskov says:

    FYI, these days, no self-respecting teen would be caught actually talking on a phone. Unless it’s to a parent - you know how old people are with technology. More likely she was posting an OMG TANKS WE ARE BEING INVADED!!! selfie to instagram.

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