Man buys new Lotus Elise and then slams into the back of A Dacia Logan Estate, the Dacia ends up perched on top of the Lotus

The driver of this Lotus Elise was lucky to be alive after he was involved in a serious rear-end collision with another vehicle.

The small, lightweight Lotus slammed into the back of a Dacia Logan Estate car lifting it 6ft off the road and leaving the family wagon bizarrely balanced on the roof of the Lotus Elise.

The incident took place on Sunday morning on the A1433 in Holt Heath, near Worcester.

Paul Styles, who was driving the Dacia Logan, said: “It all happened so quickly. I was driving behind a white van which braked quite suddenly and pulled into the entrance of a garden centre and did a U-turn before driving in the opposite direction."

“I slowed down as the van indicated and suddenly felt a bang. At first I thought a bomb had gone off because the car suddenly lifted clean off the ground."

“As I got out I realised the car was in mid-air. The Lotus had gone completely under my car and my car’s back wheels where in the Lotus’ windscreen."

“The driver managed to get out and he was pretty shaken up."

“He said he’d only just bought the car from brand new minutes before. He said he’d part-exchanged a soft-top. If he’d gone into the back of me with that he’d have been killed.”

Paul added: “It was a freak accident but happily no one was seriously hurt.”



