British Tank Flattens Learner Driver's Car

A tank driver is unable to stop and crushes the 18-year-old's car after she pulls out in front of a column of military vehicles.

Police said the damage done to the car will cost thousands to repair

 

A learner driver had a lucky escape after the front of her car was flattened by a British tank in Germany.

Police said the 18-year-old woman pulled out in front of a column of UK military vehicles in the town of Augustdorf, Lippe, on Monday.

The driver of the first tank, a 24-year-old British serviceman, was unable to stop in time.
His Challenger 2 tank rolled over the Toyota hatchback's bonnet, completely crushing it under its 62-tonne weight.

 

Officers in Lippe released pictures of the crash, and said the teenage driver emerged from the wreckage unscathed.

They said the damage to her car was around 12,000 euros (£8,600).
There was no damage to the tank.

In February, a British tank lost control and crashed through a garden fence - stopping just yards before it hit a house - in Paderborn.

The tank was from the military school at Paderborn Garrison, and no one was injured in the crash.

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