Car crashes into first floor after hitting trampoline
In a bizarre accident, the vehicle left the road in the town of Bohmte, western Germany, on Saturday evening before colliding with another vehicle and tearing through a hedge.
The car, said to be a Volvo SUV, hit a trampoline and embedded itself in the roof of a barn in a low-lying garden, Deutsche Welle, the German broadcaster, said.
A 43-year-old female passenger and a seven-year-old boy, who had been playing on the trampoline at the time, were seriously injured. The boy was said to be in a critical condition in hospital.
Pictures from the scene showed scattered debris and a twisted but intact trampoline.
The car appears to have already been airborne when it hit the trampoline, due to the difference in height between the road and the lower-lying garden.
It is understood it could not have bounced off the trampoline due to its weight. Volvo SUVs vary by model, but can weight between 1,600kg and 3,400kg (1.6 to 3.4 tons).
'There was a massive clatter and we just thought: 'Help! What has happened?'' a resident of Bohmte told Deutsche Welle. 'Then we ran outside and saw the car in the roof.'
Another resident, Daniela Viss, told TV7 News: 'I heard this massive crash and thought: 'Holy cow, what just happened?' We rushed outside and saw the car stuck in the roof. The mother was just screaming. My boyfriend called the ambulance and police right away.'
Olga Folik, a third resident, told German newspaper Focus: 'I went over to the neighbour's house; an ambulance was already there. I only saw the fence and the garden destroyed. And the car stuck in the barn on the second floor. I just thought, how can something like that happen?'
She suggested that all the children involved in the car accident know each other and have previously played together.
The car driver is said to be a 42-year-old man who was carrying three boys – aged 11, 12 and 13 – in the back seats. The driver and all three boys sustained only light injuries.
Several dozen emergency service workers were sent to the crash scene, including 12 ambulance crews and two helicopters, Deutsche Welle reported. 'This is clearly an extraordinary deployment,' a fire bridgade spokesman said.
It remains unclear what exactly caused the accident, but investigators ruled out drink-drinking after taking blood samples from the driver.
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