Mangalore: A young driver of a Maruthi 800 car, to move of parking lot at the sky-scraper Venkataramana building on the Bhavanthi street, close to widened car street, on Tuesday at 6 PM, pressed on the car accelerator without using reverse gear, and found the car resting at 450 angle, moving forward and plunging into the space between the parking lot and basement shops at the arcade.

In seconds, the girl was staring at the ground, and passer by at car witnessing the amusing but unbelievable scene of a tilting car.

The girl escaped with minor injuries, but her identity could be ascertained. She was accompanied by her mother who also was slightly injured, but shaken out of wits, people said.

A crowd gathered to watch the mischievous car, driven by a reckless girl, having a stunned mother beside her in the car.