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January 27, 2009
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Tuesday
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Muharram 29, 1430
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German driver crash-lands car on church roof
BERLIN, Jan 26: A German motorist missed a bend in the road, broke through a barrier and hurtled up a bank, crash-landing on a church roof in eastern Germany, police said on Monday.
The bank acted like a springboard, propelling the black Skoda about 35metres forward and straight into the church’s roof frame, where it remained wedged 7 metres off the ground, police said in a statement.
“We’ve never ever had a case of a car landing in a church before,” said Frank Fischer, a spokesman for Chemnitz police in the state of Saxony.
The 23-year-old driver suffered serious injuries. The damage to the car, which was extracted from the roof by a crane, amounts to about $13,000, police said.— Reuters
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