Hotel valet has lucky escape, but Porsche gets crunched

In this image made from video, a Porsche Carrera car is underneath another car in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Australian media say a valet drove the soft-top Porsche Carrera under another vehicle on Thursday outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney. (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)

SYDNEY — A hotel valet had a lucky escape but the luxury sports car he was trying to park did not.

Australian media said the valet drove the soft-top Porsche Carrera under another vehicle on Thursday outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney.

Emergency workers cut the driver out from the Porsche as a crowd watched.

Matthew Talbot, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. the valet was “embarrassed and a little bit shocked” but was okay.

The larger vehicle was propped up and its wheels were anchored while the vehicles were separated. The black Porsche, its hood, and front bumper crunched and dented, was then backed onto a tow truck.

Witness Jonathan Bayle said he thought a television show or movie was being shot.

The hotel said in a statement it was investigating the incident.          /kga