In Mettmann, a 66-year-old woman drove her car backwards against a house wall. A structural engineer examined the building after the accident – and classified it as endangered.
The Federal Agency for Technical Relief then secured it with building supports. The resident of the house had to move to a hotel until further notice, it said. The amount of damage has not yet been determined. The driver confused the accelerator and brake pedals, police said. A resident, who was in the kitchen behind it, came away with the same horror as the two occupants.