Is anyone noticing that so many vehicles run into buildings, end up over-shooting parking spaces and TOYOTAS just seem to be behaving BADLY?
Has every driver become suddenly so stupid they mistaken the accelerator for the brake?
Don't ya think it's kinda curious?
Car crash at Wyong station delayed trains between Sydney and Newcastle after vehicle ended up on the tracks
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- July 06, 2014
This car ended up on train tracks at Wyong Station after losing control and crashing onto the platform. Picture: FacebookSource: Supplied
TRAINS between Sydney and Newcastle were delayed today after a car crashed onto a platform and plunged to the tracks below.
Police said the 79-year-old driver may have mistakenly pushed the accelerator rather than the brake on his red Toyota Camry outside Wyong station shortly before 10am, causing the car to plough off the road and through the platform fence.
Work crews assess the car before attempting to remove it from the tracks. Picture: FacebookSource: Supplied
The man escaped, badly shaken but otherwise unhurt, but the car remained on the tracks between platforms 2 and 3 for several hours while crews worked out how to get it off.
A Transport for NSW
However, he said there was only “minimal disruption” until about 11.30am when a crane had to be brought in, prompting the removal of overhead wires and forcing engineers to shut off power to the tracks.
“They took down the wire and so there were no trains for about an hour,” the spokesman said.
“Fortunately, being a Sunday, it wasn’t as busy as it might have been.”
People commenting on a photo of the accident posted to Facebook said the car had been parked in a five-minute drop-off zone shortly before the crash.
However, he said there was only “minimal disruption” until about 11.30am when a crane had to be brought in, prompting the removal of overhead wires and forcing engineers to shut off power to the tracks.
It is believed the driver hit the accelerator rather than the brakes. Picture: FacebookSource: Supplied
“They took down the wire and so there were no trains for about an hour,” the spokesman said.
“Fortunately, being a Sunday, it wasn’t as busy as it might have been.”
People commenting on a photo of the accident posted to Facebook said the car had been parked in a five-minute drop-off zone shortly before the crash.
