It began with an attempt to park a car, initial police investigations suggest. It ended with damage to boats, cars and garages on opposite sides of a south coast street.
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Emergency services responded about 8:30pm on Friday to reports of a crash on Robyn Road at Albion Park Rail, near Shellharbour.
Police say a 78-year-old man was pulling his Mitsubishi Pajero four-wheel-drive into a garage when he accelerated. He crashed through the rear wall of the garage and hit a boat on a trailer on the other side.
The trailer became lodged in the Mitsubishi, which reversed until it hit a Toyota Hilux and another boat on a trailer across the road.
Police believe this damage caused a second garage to collapse on top of the second boat, as well as a camper trailer.
The man then accelerated forward, hitting a Proton sedan and a Hyundai sedan. The boat trailer lodged in the Hyundai. The Mitsubishi came to a stop 200 metres away.