A driver (85) was wrong Wednesday around 9:30 am by pedal in his Mercedes and slammed by the display case of the Spar in Kastanjelaan in Deinze. The elderly man came again to apologise yesterday at fellow Manager Bart Van Laecke.
"Sorry, made a mistake of me pedal"
"Sorry, me of pedal fermented" the driver drove in the parking lot of the supermarket where he so often came, but pushed on the accelerator instead of the brake in his Mercedes with automatic gears. Thereby rode that by the display case and against the checkout out there just behind. Flew the box office hit against the wall a meter further. A 63-year-old pedestrian who just came from the store, was catapulted through the display case. He was brought to the emergency ward, but has only minor injuries to his legs and was allowed to leave the hospital already.
"This had much worse can expire", sigh Bart Vergara, who along with his sister-in-law Els H two Fir-branches in Deinze. "Christine, who at the time was behind the cash register, had the scare of her life. Happy was that cash register there, otherwise the car quite the shop within. We were all equally perplexed, but all in all, we have been very lucky. " The Fire Department came to clean up the shards and the car was towed.
85-year-old regular customer came yesterday morning the driver inside the shop to apologize. "He was huge. I take not blame him, because everyone can experience such a thing. The man is a regular customer here, we appreciate his responsibility. If it's about a young guy that careless with loud music in the parking lot gestoven came, then I'd think differently, "said Vergara.
The driver has his driver's license for the time being, but not drive more. "The scare is good at it", according to the Manager. The parquet bends over the accident and decide whether the man for the judge to appear, and a driving ban. The insurance of the driver will cover all repair costs. "In the meantime, I would like to continue to serve the customers," said Vergara.
"The insurance should come to determine how great the damage is. Maybe there's a crack in the wall behind the cash register that we still can not see. The plaster is damaged. It could also be that there is a kink in the treadmill of the cash register is still works, but for the time being. I already ordered a new display case, which they are now. Hopefully the repair work can begin early next week and is all about three weeks back in working order. "
http://www.hln.be/by WOUTER SAITO Photo: Wouter Saito
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