A seemingly unruffled Dunedin man calmly walked - or crawled - away with nothing but minor cuts after his car flipped on Mt Cargill Rd yesterday.
Dylan Cliff (23), a University of Otago student, was negotiating a left-hand bend when his Nissan Pulsar slipped into a ditch and flipped on to its roof about 12.40pm.
Despite the extensively damaged car lying upside down in front of him, Mr Cliff said he was more concerned about sorting out his car insurance.
"The stress has kind of taken the edge off the shock,'' Mr Cliff said.
When asked if he had been distressed when his car was tipped up, Mr Cliff said his thoughts were elsewhere.
"Yeah, well, you can't really help that.
"The first thing I thought about was calling the cops.''
He had been travelling only 60kmh in the 80kmh zone when the accident occurred, he said.
"I hit a patch of water that was around the corner then oversteered a bit.
"Then the front wheel clipped the grass and it [the car] just went up and over.''
Mt Cargill Rd resident David Burchell said he was in his garden when he heard the crash and went straight to the scene.
"He [Mr Cliff] was out of the car already, looking around,'' Mr Burchell said.
"He seemed remarkably calm and collected.''
Mr Burchell and his son helped a police officer direct traffic, as one lane was blocked after the accident.
He said there had been accidents on that corner previously and he was surprised there had not been more.
"That's surprising, because it's a blind corner and the road is uneven.''
