Woman drives smart car 35ft down an elevator shaft after mistaking it for parking space
STUTTGART, GERMANY: The driver of a smart car mistook an elevator shaft for a parking spot and plunged 35 feet into an elevator shaft. The 38-year-old unidentified woman miraculously survived the accident and even managed to call the firefighters for help after she freed herself. She rammed the closed door of the elevator while looking for a space in an underground car park in Stuttgart, Germany, on Saturday morning, October 8. She fell through the shaft as the door opened and her car landed in an upside down position.
"The woman was able to climb out of her Smart and make an emergency call with her cell phone", a Stuttgart Fire Department spokesperson said, according to The Mirror. The woman was strapped to a stretcher after a couple of firefighters abseiled down. Other firemen pulled her to safety and was given first aid.
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"After being rescued from the elevator shaft, the person was handed over to the rescue service and taken to a hospital for further treatment", Press and Public Relations Officer Daniel Anand said in a statement obtained by Newsflash.
The driver later told Bild newspaper in Germany, "I have no idea how that could have happened. Physically, I'm fine again." The elevator was taken out of service and the firemen used wood to block up the broken elevator door. Help of the specialists were taken to bring the crashed smart car to the surface.
MEAWW previously reported that a woman, who was performing a "belly dance" while leaning out of the window of a speeding SUV, miraculously survived after suffering a nasty fall from the vehicle. The unidentified woman was first spotted sitting on the the window of the Mitsubishi Pajero; she then leans out and begins to perform a belly dance. Soon she tumbles onto the road head-first. She hit her head on the ground, but it appears that she wasn't critically harmed since she immediately got up and sprinted back into the Pajero while several onlookers come to her aid. The woman's fate would have been different if the other vehicles had sped up or if the traffic had been rush hour.
A backlash was seen after this strange incident in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, which is a devout Muslim province in southern Russia. According to News Dagestan channel, "Dangerous dances don't lead to good things, especially on the roads and you are a girl showing a belly dance poking out of a car window." Sharap Kurbanov, a 24-year-old businessman, was the person behind the wheel. Kurbanov was subsequently obliged to issue a public apology for breaking the law. In the footage that was released, he stated: "I want to make a statement to the people of Dagestan and all of Russia. I gave a lift to a young woman, and as I drove, I put the music on too loud. I missed the moment [she started dancing], so the young woman fell out. In the future, I promise to use seat belts and follow traffic rules, and suggest others do the same."