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Man killed in freak parking accident

A 41-year-old man has died while apparently trying to reverse his car into a parking space.

Man killed in freak parking accident
The car landed on a school playground. Photo: St. Gallen cantonal police

The Blick newspaper reported that the fatal accident happened on Wednesday evening as the man was parking outside his apartment block in Scheid, in the canton of Graubünden.

As he reversed the car came off the road and dropped 20 metres down a steep embankment, canton of St Gallen police reported.

The vehicle rolled over several times before coming to rest on its roof on a school playground. The driver was thrown out of a side window.

An eye witness called an ambulance but paramedics were unable to save the man who died at the scene.

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Six injured as car rams into crowd in Switzerland

Five children and a woman were injured on Sunday when a car accidentally rammed into people gathered for a target shooting festival in Switzerland, police said.

Six injured as car rams into crowd in Switzerland

A woman frantically looking for help for an injured child drove into the square in Menieres, in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg, on Sunday where a shooting festival was taking place.

The car slammed into a group of people, injuring a woman and five children, Fribourg police said.

Several ambulances transported the injured to surrounding hospitals after the accident, which happened shortly before 3:30pm.

“Initial information indicates that the driver entered the festival square transporting a child who had been injured during a private activity,” the police said.

“For a reason to be determined by an investigation, she accidentally hit and injured people on the square before coming to a halt.”

The driver, who was not injured, was taken to a police station for questioning.

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