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