Man drives car into swimming pool after getting flip flop tangled on accelerator pedal.
Elderly driver gets footwear caught before car shoots through garage door and ends up fully submerged in the swimming pool.
This elderly driver ended up in a flip when he flopped his car into his own swimming pool after getting his summer footwear stuck on the throttle reports Mirror UK.
The unfortunate motorist, believed to be in his 80s, escaped unharmed when his flip flop tangled with the pedal, leading to his vehicle taking an unexpected dip.
Police in Altadena, California, said the man managed to free himself from the vehicle before they arrived at the scene.
They added that nobody was in the pool as the incident unfolded. Captain Jeffrey Sims, of the LA Fire department said the man’s sandals had become caught on the pedals and he was unable to brake.