On a wing and a prayer - in a borrowed car!

Church roof crash man in Saxony

This is the man who crashed into a church roof on a wing and a prayer after flying through the air – in a borrowed car!

Church car crash Church car crash Driver's miracle escape after roof smash A German driver was badly injured in a smash but had a miracle escape after he crashed his car into the roof of a church in Saxony, Germany.

The incredible accident was suffered by car mechanic David E. (23), who flew a Skoda Octavia into the roof in Limbach Oberfrohna, Saxony.

He survived to tell the tale with broken legs and bruises, and can already laugh about the crash.

And the church’s minister Andreas Voegler (50) can also see the funny side of it.

He visited David E. in hospital, and told him: “I am the minister whose church you 'visited'!”

The clergyman revealed David’s reaction: “He smiled and said that he was sorry. His mother was also there, and held his hand.”

It was a massive accident which could have had much worse consequences – David E. had lost control of the 200-horsepower Skoda and shot over a grass hill, which sent him up into the sky, travelling 35 metres and reaching 11 metres high before crashing into the roof of the town church seven metres up.

And the unfortunate driver had only borrowed the doomed car!

The mechanic has worked for two and a half years at a Skoda centre in Chemnitz. On the day of the accident, he was getting ready for the weekend and was allowed to use the Octavia 2.0 Turbo FSI.

The police still do not know how fast the David E. was driving at the time of the accident.

Physicist Gunter Beddies, from the Technische Universität Chemnitz, said: “The angle of the grass bump is crucial. If it amounts to 40 degrees, 75kmh would be enough for the car to fly so far and high. If the angle is not as much, the speed must be more.”

Experts visited the scene of the accident yesterday. Results of alcohol and drugs tests are expected next week.

There is already scaffolding around the roof of the church, which suffered about €70,000 worth of damage – covered by the car centre’s insurance.