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Durban car goes through roof of South African home Durban car goes through roof of South African home
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A car has flown off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa's coastal city Durban, emergency services firm ER24 says.A car has flown off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa's coastal city Durban, emergency services firm ER24 says.
The driver said he drove over a ramp, and this led him to crash into the house in Kwamakhutha township, it said.The driver said he drove over a ramp, and this led him to crash into the house in Kwamakhutha township, it said.
He escaped injury, while a person sleeping in a room next to the one where the car landed was also unhurt, ER24 added.He escaped injury, while a person sleeping in a room next to the one where the car landed was also unhurt, ER24 added.
"It's really kind of miraculous," ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw told the BBC."It's really kind of miraculous," ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw told the BBC.
South Africa has a high fatality rate from road accidents caused mainly by bad driving and alcohol abuse.South Africa has a high fatality rate from road accidents caused mainly by bad driving and alcohol abuse.
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