VN24 - 23-02-2024 (D/M/Y) - Schwerte / Germany - A 51-year-old driver and his 25-year-old co-driver parked their BMW X5 X-Drive 50E car in the parking lot in front of a (McD) fast food restaurant in Schwerte near the A1 freeway onramp. According to the driver, the vehicle, which was in parking mode with the engine still running, suddenly and unexpectedly started moving. According to the driver, he was unable to stop it despite trying to brake. The BMW ran over the restaurant's "drive through" height limiting arch, a pane of glass and then sped through the wall into a warehouse, where it shifted a truck by meters and came to a standstill. The occupants were uninjured. Airbags were deployed. The cause of the accident is still unknown. A salvage company recovered the vehicle. The fire department secured the scene of the accident, the clearance height restriction was removed and then loaded with a crane. The parking lot was closed while the accident was being investigated.

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