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It happened at the car park on the former town hall site at the junction of Riverway and Rodney Street.

The driver accidentally put the vehicle into reverse and ploughed through the perimeter fencing, leaving the car perched precariously with its front wheels on the wall and rear wheels on the pavement below.

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An ambulance happened to be passing just after the crash occurred at 1.10pm on Monday January 29 and paramedics were able to assess the occupant and conclude that, although “in shock”, they didn’t require hospital treatment.

Police and fire engines were called to the scene to control the traffic that had been disrupted and extricate the car.

An onlooker said: “It was very lucky that the car didn’t hit any other vehicles and there weren’t any pedestrians on the pavement at the time the crash happened.”

Driver ‘in shock’ after car comes to grief in parking mishap

An ambulance happened to be passing just after the crash occurred at 1.10pm on Monday January 29 and paramedics were able to assess the occupant and conclude that, although “in shock”, they didn’t require hospital treatment.

Police and fire engines were called to the scene to control the traffic that had been disrupted and extricate the car.

An onlooker said: “It was very lucky that the car didn’t hit any other vehicles and there weren’t any pedestrians on the pavement at the time the crash happened.”