That's not a parking spot! Bizarre pictures emerge of car strewn across railway tracks after 79-year-old loses control of his Camry

  • A 79-year-old man drove his car through a fence and onto train tracks
  • The accident happened at Wyong Station on Sunday morning
  • A crane had to be used to lift the Toyota Camry off the tracks
  • Power to the tracks was shut off while the car was lifted off

By Ryan Lipman

Published: 11:11 EST, 6 July 2014 | Updated: 02:45 EST, 7 July 2014

A 79-year-old man may have mistaken his accelerator for the break and caused mayhem when his car plunged onto train tracks and needed to be lifted off by crane on Sunday morning.

The mishap caused delays for commuters between Sydney and Newcastle on the Central Coast and Newcastle line, when the man's red Toyota Camry went through a fence at Wyong Station on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, just before 10am.

Police confirmed the man may have made the mistake of pushing his accelerator instead of breaking, reported The Daily Telegraph.

Missing the station buildings, the car passed over the platform and landed on the train tracks, between platforms two and three.

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A 79-year-old man, who may have mistaken his accelerator for the break, drove his car onto train tracks after smashing through a fence at Wyong Station on Sunday morning

A 79-year-old man, who may have mistaken his accelerator for the break, drove his car onto train tracks after smashing through a fence at Wyong Station on Sunday morning

The red Toyota Camry landed between platforms two and three, but did not hit any of the station building before plunging

The red Toyota Camry landed between platforms two and three, but did not hit any of the station building before plunging

Despite being shaken by the accident, the elderly man was not injured

Despite being shaken by the accident, the elderly man was not injured

Luckily, the car did not hit anyone on the platform at the time and despite being shaken by the accident, the man was not injured.

Police and rescue teams attended the scene and scrambled to work out a solution for removing the car from the tracks as quickly and safely as possible.

It took several hours for crews to get the car off the tracks and a Transport for NSW spokesman said all trains were diverted onto another line and only one of the station's platforms could be used while the vehicle was being removed.

At about 11.30 a crane was brought to the station to move the car and this required the removal of overhead wires, which meant engineers needed to shut power to the tracks while the car was being moved.

Despite the nature of the accident, the spokesman said it caused 'minimal disruption' until about 11.30am when the crane arrived.

'They took down the wire and so there were no trains for about an hour,' the spokesman said. 'Fortunately, being a Sunday, it wasn’t as busy as it might have been.'

The car was lucky to avoid hitting anyone one the platform at the time of the accident

The car was lucky to avoid hitting anyone one the platform at the time of the accident

A crane had to be brought in to lift the car off the tracks and required the removal of overhead wires and power to be cut to the tracks

A crane had to be brought in to lift the car off the tracks and required the removal of overhead wires and power to be cut to the tracks

A Transport for NSW spokesman said the accident caused 'minimal disruption', largely because it took place on a Sunday

A Transport for NSW spokesman said the accident caused 'minimal disruption', largely because it took place on a Sunday