Overview
- Police reported the crash at about 15:45 in the Rathaus underground garage in the town near Stuttgart.
- Firefighters freed the trapped driver, and recovery teams lowered the Porsche fully into the ventilation shaft to retrieve it.
- The vehicle was initially stuck with its rear roughly five meters above the floor of the shaft, according to police.
- Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg’s building manager said the breached wall was 17.5 centimeters thick and estimated damage at about €95,000, with repairs expected by Christmas.
- He suggested the driver likely confused the accelerator and brake, a scenario officials have not yet confirmed as the cause remains under investigation.