July 2003

- Brian Byrne

Police chase underpants owner

22 July 2003: Police in Germany this week reported a bizzare accident caused by somebody's underwear.

A spokesman in the town of Gotha said one of a group of naked men in a van threw the underwear into a Volkswagen Passat as they passed it on a busy autobahn.

The underpants landed on the driver's face, causing him to ram the truck ahead. No one was hurt in the crash.

The police spokesman said that he did not know why the men were driving along naked.

Police are hunting the owner of the underpants 'for failing to stop at the scene'.

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