英语翻译Mr.PeterJohnson,agedtwenty-three,battledforhalfanhourtoescapefromhistrappedcaryesterdaywhenitlandedupsidedowninthreefeetofwater.Mr.Johnsontooktheescaperoute-throughtheboot.Mr.Johnson’scarhadfinishedupin
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Mr.PeterJohnson,agedtwenty-three,battledforhalfanhourtoescapefromhistrappedcaryesterdaywhenitlandedupsidedowninthreefeetofwater.
Mr.Johnsontooktheescaperoute-throughtheboot.
Mr.Johnson’scarhadfinishedupinaditchatRomneyMarsin,Kentafterskiddingoniceandhittingabank.
“Fortunately,thewaterbegantocomeinonlyslowly,”Mr.Johnsonsaid.
“Icouldn’tforcethedoorsbecausetheywerejammedagainstthewallsoftheditchanddarednotopenthewindowsbecauseIknewwaterwouldcomefloodingin.”
Mr.Johnson,asweetsalesmanofSittingHome,Kent,firsttriedtoattracttheattentionofothermotoristsbysoundingthehornandhammeringontheroofandboot.
Thenhebeganhisstruggletoescape.
Laterhesaid,“Itwasreallyahalfpennythatsavedmylife.
ItwastheonlycoinIhadinmypocketandIusedittounscrewthebackseattogetintotheboot.
Ihammereddesperatelywithahammertryingtomakesomeonehear,butnohelpcame.”
Ittooktenminutestounscrewtheseat,andafurtherfiveminutestoclearthesweetsamplesfromtheboot.
ThenMr.Johnsonfoundawrenchandbegantoworkonthebootlock.
Fifteenminutespassedby.
“ItwastheonlychanceIhad.Finallyitgave,butassoonasImovedthebootlid,thewaterandmudpouredin.Iforcedtheliddownintothemudandscrambledclearasthecarfilledup.”
Hishandsandarmscutandbruised,Mr.JohnsongottoBeckettFarmnearby,wherehewaslookedafterbythefarmer’swife,Mrs.LucyBates.
Huddledinablanket,hesaid,“Thatthirtyminutesseemedlikehours.”Onlythetipsofthecarwheelswerevisible,policesaidlastnight.Thevehiclehadsunkintotwofeetofmudatthebottomoftheditch.
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