Adil Hassan said he was giving his wife, Ban Hadi, driving lessons in the empty parking lot behind the mall on Sunday.
SHALU MEHTA/THE LONDON FREE PRESS
London police, fire services and a tow truck attended to the scene behind Sherwood Forest Mall where a vehicle was driven into the wall of a home Sunday afternoon.
Adil Hassan said he was giving his wife, Ban Hadi, driving lessons in the empty parking lot behind the mall on Sunday.
He said he told Hadi to hit the brakes but instead, she accelerated, sending the vehicle up a slight hill, through a fence and into the lower floor of a townhouse.
“It was her first day (driving),” Hassan said. “I thought in the future she could help me with driving but now I don’t know.”
Police at the scene said “everybody (was) OK” but Hassan said his wife was sent to the hospital to get checked out and no one else was hurt.
It appeared as if the vehicle went through a sliding door and knocked out part of the brick wall surrounding the door as well.
The unit manager, Mohammad Yassine, said the tenant living in the unit called him, shaken. He said his tenant — who did not want to be identified — was sleeping in the living room upstairs when he heard the vehicle crash through the lower floor which was being used as a basement area with laundry facilities.
The vehicle was eventually tugged out of the home, back down the hill and onto a tow truck.
Making some progress, getting the vehicle out. #LdnOnt pic.twitter.com/w5SQRFOLDW
— Shalu Mehta (@ShaluatLFP) July 8, 2018
Aaand there it goes. Adil Hassan said he was giving his wife driving lessons. He said he told her to brake but she accelerated instead. Adil said he thinks his wife is ok, just in the hospital to double check injuries. #LdnOnt pic.twitter.com/qbBby88EN2
— Shalu Mehta (@ShaluatLFP) July 8, 2018
Source: The London Free Press