- The CCTV footage captured in Lanus, Argentina has since gone viral
- The driver was taken to hospital for treatment but suffered only minor injuries
CCTV has captured the moment a 63-year-old woman crashed her car during a disastrous driving test in Argentina.
In the CCTV video, which has since gone viral, the woman hesitantly drives her blue hatchback around the parking lot in the eastern city of Lanus.
She is occasionally seen hitting the curb as she drives around the circuit with her lights flashing.
The driver then awkwardly climbs over the curb with one side of the car before inexplicably speeding at top speed and colliding head-on with a lamppost, sending the vehicle flying through the air.
At the end of the video, the car can be seen lying on its side, its wheels still turning, next to the broken lamppost.
In the CCTV video that has since gone viral. The driver clumsily climbs over the curb with one side of the car after hesitantly driving around the parking lot with lights flashing. She then inexplicably speeds at full speed and crashes head-on into a lamppost, causing the car to fly through the air before landing on its side
Civil protection and the fire brigade were called to help the driver get out of the overturned vehicle.
She was brought in for treatment after minor injuries.
In 2018, a 66-year-old woman mixed up the pedals during a driving test and almost crashed into a group of people in the Argentine city of Berisso.
Footage shows the moment the woman mistook the accelerator for the brake during a driving test and reversed at high speed into the container cabin that serves as a base for driving test examiners – causing panicked people to flee.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident, but the woman suffered an anxiety attack and required treatment.