Woman runs herself over with own car
Published: 27 Jan 12 13:31 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/38766/20120127/
A woman in Hässelby in western Stockholm was dragged for nearly 10 metres under her own car after she managed run herself over on Friday morning in what police believe was a failed attempt to deal with some apparent engine trouble.
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Running outside on his balcony, he looked down in bewilderment to see a car on the lawn with the woman jammed underneath it.
"She was screaming her lungs out," neighbour Per-Åke Eriksson told the newspaper.
Eriksson quickly called emergency services, and rescue workers showed up shortly thereafter, using rescue air lifting bags to raise the car and dislodge the woman.
The exact cause of the incident remains under investigation, but police theorized that the woman was having trouble getting the car started and got out of the vehicle to try to find out what was wrong underneath the hood.
"She probably had it in gear since the car started moving and ran her over," Sven-Erik Olsson with the Stockholm police told Aftonbladet.
The terrified woman was then dragged along beneath the driverless car before it came to a stop after about 10 metres.
After the rescue, the woman was taken to hospital but her condition is unknown.
"She was conscious but jammed underneath the car when our patrol arrived at the site," Olsson said.
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Think I'll keep my powder dry for the moment.
Lord forbid I should be accused of sexism and all that.lol.
What is this supposed to mean ?
I actually almost ran myself over once, too. I had an appointment, so I pulled up to a garage door to get my Camaro's transmission fixed (the reverse gear wasn't working), and they told me they weren't open yet, and asked me to back it up into a space behind me. I told them I obviously couldn't do that (they knew why I was there) and he said just push it. So I put it in neutral and pushed it into the spot, but the car kept rolling (slowly). I ran to the door, but couldn't get it open. It was rolling slowly, but toward a steeper slope, so I ran behind to stop it. I couldn't quite manage that, and when the car reached the steeper slope, I realized I was in trouble, so I junped up on the back. I rolled down the hill on the back of the car and hit a tall chain link fence, which gave way at the bottom, but not at the top. The car stopped under the fence, leaving me shrink-wrapped to the back window by the chain link. A fellow out walking his dog saw the whole thing, and had a pretty good laugh at my expense.
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Obviously, this woman thought that sitting on the hood would get her there quicker.
Google calculator says:
12 (U.S. dollars per US gallon) = 21.4128449 Swedish kronor per liter
(just search for "12 usd per gallon in sek per liter" without the quotes)
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i myself got locked out of my car on a running engine once while waiting for the red line to turn green. damn that was stupid.