85-year-old injured after car drags him into garage door

An 85-year-old man was injured in Kundl after a car suddenly reversed and dragged him into a garage door, ORF reported.

The man had been helping a 70-year-old acquaintance who was having trouble reversing. He was standing outside the car, reaching through the open driver’s door to help her engage reverse, when she accidentally took her foot off the brake, police said.

The automatic car reversed with force, dragged the man and struck a garage door opposite. He suffered a heavily bleeding wound to the back of his head and chest injuries and was taken to Kufstein Hospital. The car and garage door were damaged.