Boy, 7, fighting for life after car ploughs into trampoline in garden before going airborne and smashing into house
The terrifying crash happened in a quiet German town when a Volvo SUV veered off the road, tore through two hedges and hit the child with full force.
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The two-ton vehicle then went airborne and crashed into the roof and wall of a nearby barn — coming to rest three metres off the ground, embedded in the structure.
Cops in the Lower Saxony town of Bohmte said the seven-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries.
There were five people inside the car, including three children aged 11, 12, and 13, Bild reports.
A 43-year-old female passenger was seriously injured, while the others sustained minor injuries.
Emergency services swarmed the scene after Sunday's horror crash.
'We were alerted around 8pm to an accident with several people trapped,' a fire department spokesperson confirmed.
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