Flippin'eck

An 82-year-old pensioner who destroyed a diesel pump and overturned her car on the forecourt is welcome back, says the fuel station's manager.
Suzanne Cordeau was trying to manoeuvre her Toyota Starlet closer to the pump when she accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake.



The car careered across the forecourt in Tewkesbury, and hit a diesel pump - knocking it off its foundations.

Mrs Cordeau's car then hit a kerb . She escaped with minor injuries, but it took a team of 12 firefighters to free her from the wreckage.

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Station manager Lloyd Ward said the woman had only come in for a sandwich and a newspaper when the accident happened.

"She had asked the cashier to come out and help her fill up. But she hadn't parked close enough to the pump and was getting a little frustrated. She accidentally put her foot on the accelerator and shot off across the forecourt into the diesel pump and then the car flipped over on to the roof. Luckily it was a diesel pump and not petrol or it could have been quite deadly. I hit the emergency cut-off switch before any fuel escaped."