Wacky Seniors file: police mistakenly impound driver with car

Police mistakenly impound driver with car

TORONTO (Reuters) – An 85-year-old Canadian man spent hours inside his impounded car in freezing temperatures after his vehicle was ticketed for illegal parking and then towed to a police compound, police said on Thursday.
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“They accessed the vehicle and sure enough there was an elderly man inside. He was disoriented but he was not unconscious.”
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Lammi said police were unsure what stopped the man from driving his car away.

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