Sydney hotel valet wedges customer's £80,000 Porsche beneath another vehicle in parking disaster

A Porsche Carrera was wedged beneath a Subaru after the valet selected the wrong gear

Tom Powell1 June 2018

A novice hotel valet had to be cut out of an £80,000 Porsche after accidentally parking it underneath another vehicle.

The driver reportedly selected the wrong gear and sped forward while trying to park outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney, Australia.

The accident took place in front of a crowd of witnesses, including the shocked owner of the black Porsche Carrera.

Matthew Talbot, the hotel's director of sales and marketing, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation the valet was "embarrassed and a little bit shocked" but uninjured. He had only just started in the job.

The valet had reportedly just started working at the upmarket Sydney hotel

Police managed to separate the cars by propping up the orange Subaru. The Porsche, with 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 when he saw the cars.

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