Crash landing

The 21-year-old driver of a white Holden Commodore lost control of his vehicle, became airborne and crashed into the fence about 9.10pm on Saturday, prompting the owners of the house to go public before someone is seriously hurt.

Avril Richards and her husband John were spending a quiet Saturday night at home watching television when the accident occurred.

“The boy was driving along Meadowbank Drive, hit the gutter and catapulted into our yard,” Mrs Richards said.

“He knocked over a rosebush and two small trees on his way through but luckily he didn’t demolish the corner of the house or crash into the large tree.

“He’s a very lucky boy but this kind of thing happens a lot.

“People speed along here all the time and it was only a

matter of time before it happened.

“The disturbing thing is that there is a school not far from here, there is always kids around, and we have our grandchildren here a lot. It could have been a child the car hit, not a fence.”

To make this story even more remarkable, the driver of the vehicle turned up battered and bruised at the Richards’ house on Sunday morning to replace the fence he destroyed and plant some fresh trees and bushes.

“We didn’t expect him to do that, he was very shaken up by the accident on Saturday night, but it shows the character of the young man,” Mrs Richards said.

“In the end everything was fine because it would have been a tragedy to lose a young boy like him if he had hit a tree or the corner of the house.

“I take my hat off to him, he turned up and single-handedly fixed the damage on a hot day.

“I think he was pretty shaken by the whole thing and hopefully what happened sends a message of what can happen behind the wheel.”

Police were called to the scene of the accident however investigations in the matter are still continuing.

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