Driver flips car inside Sydney shopping centre carpark

Dashcam footage posted online shows an older driver flipping his car on to its roof in the carpark of a Sydney shopping centre.

The video shows a red car slowly approaching a boom gate in the carpark before it suddenly accelerates, hits the gate with force and completely flips upside down.

The incident took place in the carpark of a Westfield Shopping Centre in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool.

The 77-year-old driver and his passenger were taken to Liverpool Hospital in Sydney, with non-life-threatening injuries, Sky News reported.

Both remain in a stable condition, the outlet said yesterday.

The person who captured the footage, Al Fahad Habarneh, told Storyful how he watched the car crash in his rear-view mirror.

The driver and his passenger were taken to hospital following the incident. Photo / Instagram / horizonautohub

“I checked my rear-view mirrors and I saw a car flipped so I put my car to park and rushed to help get the couple out of the car,” he said.

Social media users expressed surprise and shock over the incident.

“Always wondered how people flip cars, didn’t realise it was this easy”, one said.

“Wow, they know how to flip a car, literally couldn’t do that if I tried,” another said.

Some social media commenters suggested how the accident could have happened.

One person said the driver could have reached for a ticket from the gate and accelerated, while another said the steering wheel could have locked up.