A Nissan Skyline's rear tyres spun before the car crossed the top of a Te Aroha farm tunnel and crashed through a fence. Photo / Police, Facebook
A young Waikato driver who narrowly escaped being killed by a wooden fence railing smashing through his car has been charged with careless driving.
The young man bought the Nissan Skyline last Friday and within days had crashed into a farm fence near Te Aroha.
The back wheels spun out
on a slightly wet road, the car crossed the top of a farm's cattle tunnel and crashed through a fence.
The car ended up with a fence railing smashed through the front and rear windscreens.
The railing brushed the face of the driver, who was alone in the car, and he suffered a sprained ankle in what Te Aroha Police Constable John Keoghan said could easily have been a fatal crash.
