Learner driver crashes through brick wall
A West Acres resident had the shock of his life after a learner driver careened through his garden wall early last Wednesday morning
Les Hooper said he had been enjoying a cigarette out in his garden just before 07:00 last Wednesday went he heard a car revving.
“I had just finished my cigarette and got up from where I was sitting when I heard this car revving nearby. The next minute, I heard this big crash and all of a sudden, this car came crashing through my garden wall. I just could not believe it.
“The car stopped around three metres from me, and if I had still been sitting my legs would have been crushed by the rubble and the debris,” said Hooper.
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He said the learner driver was shaken up, but luckily not injured.
“I was told at the scene that it was only her second lesson.”
Hooper said that when he had spoken to the instructor, he learned the car did not have insurance.
“I always thought driving schools would have to insure their vehicles in case things like this happen, but the instructor told me that insurance was just too expensive and he could not afford it. He told me he would make a plan to fix my wall, but I have not heard from him since the crash.”
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Hooper has an accident report of which he gave a copy to Lowvelder and said since he had not heard from the driving school, he started trying to patch up the wall himself.
“I don’t know if I will hear from him and if he will help fix the wall. I think that all driving schools should be insured.”
Attempts to contact the driving school were unsuccessful at the time of going to press.
