Baden-Württemberg: forward and reverse gear confused: hole in the house

Esslingen (dpa / lsw) - A 78-year-old man confused forward with reverse gear in Esslingen and crashed into a house. As the police announced on Friday, the driver and the automatic vehicle landed about a meter away in the building on Thursday. The senior and the residents of the house were not injured. The vehicle had to be towed. According to the police, the damage to the car is around 2,500 euros, and the damage to the house is around 30,000 euros. The fire brigade had to secure the building.