Close call as runaway car plunges into pool

Source: Herald Sun

There's nothing quite like buying a car, taking it for a spin, picking up the ladies, and watching it roll down a hill into a brand new swimming pool.

IT'S the kind of thing James Walker used to laugh at on the big screen - until it happened to him.

The 22-year-old bricklayer was in a Portaloo when his parked car, unregistered and uninsured, rolled down the hill straight into another Warranwood property, where more tradies were at work yesterday.

And the only thing between them and almost certain death was a new swimming pool.

The runaway car - the handbrake was off - didn't have the speed to clear the water trap, and plunged 2m into the pool.

Mr Walker will have to foot the bill for damages, which are still being assessed.

But it could cost him more than he could save in a year.

Adding insult to hip-pocket injury, police fined him $600 for driving an unregistered car for the second time in days.

And he was slapped with $600 more to get his Ford Falcon out with a crane.

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