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A small mistake with a devastating effect: Because he mixed up gas and brake when pulling a parking ticket, an 18-year-old novice driver crashed his sports car and another car. As the police announced, the young man wanted to pull a parking ticket in front of a parking lot in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg. In addition, he tried to throw money into a machine when the momentous mix-up occurred: instead of leaning on the brake pedal of his Mercedes, the 18-year-old pressed the gas pedal.
According to the police, the powerful Mercedes GLE then "literally shot forward", broke through the parking barrier and a fence in such a way that it became a ramp, flew over a car parked behind it and finally parked in a free parking space opposite.
He touched another car.
The 18-year-old was slightly injured.
His sports car and another car were totaled, the third car suffered rear damage.
In total, the damage amounted to around 119,000 euros.
atb/dpa
