93-year-old's crash costs £60,000

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Jack Higgs, of Penarth, South Wales, is to relinquish his hitherto unblemished driving licence after writing off a Porsche 911 and damaging another when he reversed into them.

The former Pentecostal minister also wrecked his Ford Fiesta, which flipped upside down as a result of the collision.

The pensioner walked away from the accident without injury and was actually sweeping up some broken glass when Porsche dealer Dave Coombes arrived on the scene.

"I think he put too much on the throttle and hit a car in the street," said Mr Coombes of RS Porsche.

"He then put it in reverse with his foot still flat on the floor and hit the gates and proceeded to go full steam.

"There were two cars on the drive and he hit one straight on and went up the back of it and his car rolled over upside down and landed on an adjacent car.

"He then crawled out of the passenger window while he was upside down and he went into his house and got a sweeping brush and started clearing up the mess."

Mr Higgs told BBC Online: "I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket. I just don't know what happened except that I lost control as I was reversing and suddenly I had hit the cars.

"The next thing I knew I was hanging upside down in my car thanking my lucky stars I was still alive. It was a miracle I got out alive and I put it down to the power of prayer and God looking after me. But that's it - the end of my driving career, I'm never driving again."