93-year old driver wrecks two Porsches

**TheGuru** · 17-04-2008, 08:32 AM

A veteran motorist ended 76 years of trouble-free driving by smashing his Ford Fiesta into two Porsches. Jack Higgs, 93, was parking next to a Porsche showroom when his car shot backwards, causing £60,000 damage.

First, he hit a gleaming red Carrera II which acted as a ramp, causing his 13-year-old hatchback to flip over on to a silver Porsche 911 parked alongside.

#Staff in the showroom ran outside to be confronted by a scene of wreckage and Mr Higgs hanging upside down by his seatbelt in his overturned car. Dave Coombs, a dealer at the showroom in Penarth, near Cardiff, told the Daily Telegraph: "It was amazing. We could hardly believe our eyes at the damage.

"There was glass and bits of broken metal everywhere, but Jack is such a gentleman he asked for a sweeping brush to help clear them up.
"I'm not too concerned about the cars - what matters is that Jack survived which is incredible considering his great age."

The widower is well-known to staff at the garage, RS Porsche, because he lives next door and is allowed to drive across the forecourt to reach his garage.

Mr Higgs, who has driven more than half-a-million miles in his lifetime, said: "I can't understand it, nothing like this has happened to me before.
"But that's it - the end of my driving career, I'm never driving again. I'll have to get lifts or go on the bus in future."

I kind of feel sorry for the old guy