Car flies through air, landing in barn roof in Germany, seriously injuring two
Police said that the car first collided with a parked vehicle in the town of Bohmte, broke through a hedge and drove into a garden where it hit the boy.
The car then went over uneven ground and it was apparently catapulted into the air and ended up crashing into the roof of a neighboring barn about 3 meters (10 feet) off the ground.
The boy was seriously injured, the police statement said.
The driver was an unidentified 42-year-old man, and his wife was also seriously injured.
Their two sons, ages 11 and 12, and a 13-year-old passenger were also on board, who like the driver emerged with minor injuries.
Dozens of firefighters, as well as a dozen ambulances and two rescue helicopters were among the emergency services deployed in response.
Images from the scene showed rescuers cutting through the roof, and wreckage of a playground that the car ran through.
The car had to be removed from the roof with a crane and was carted away by police.
An investigation was underway.
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