A car wash attendant in the Rumueme area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, had a harrowing close call with death on Sunday afternoon, as he reportedly crashed a client’s vehicle while test driving it.
The incident, which unfolded in broad daylight. According to a post by Facebook user Justice Ori, the incident occurred on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
The vehicle owner had brought his car to the local car wash for a routine cleaning, an ordinary task that took a terrifying turn.
The car wash employee, after finishing the cleaning, decided to test his driving skills in the client’s vehicle.
This impromptu test drive quickly turned into a disaster, as the vehicle careened out of control and ended up inside a drainage ditch.
Bystanders who witnessed the incident rushed to the scene to provide assistance to the trapped attendant.
Miraculously, he narrowly escaped death, and with the help of the community members, they managed to extricate him from the car.
The vehicle, however, sustained noticeable scratches and damage as a result of the crash.
At the time of the Facebook post, the owner of the car was reportedly unaware of the incident, leaving them in the dark about the unfortunate turn of events that had transpired at the car wash.;
“Happened this afternoon in Rumueme area of Port Harcourt. A Man drove his car to car wash, the car washer after washing the car decided to test his driving experience, the next thing we saw him and the car inside the drainage. It took the help of people around to bring him out as he narrowly escaped death. The car has sustained scratches meanwhile the owner of the car is unaware of the incident as the time of this post,” the post read.
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