Accident in Sissach BL Senior drives over another car and crashes into shop window

Sven Ziegler

19.8.2025

The man crashed into the shop window - then his ID card was gone.
The man crashed into the shop window - then his ID card was gone.
Polizei Basel-Landschaft

A 98-year-old driver caused a spectacular accident in Sissach BL on Monday evening. The man drove over the hood of a parked car and finally came to a standstill in the window of a store.

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  • A 98-year-old man lost control of his car in Sissach BL.
  • He took off, hit a parked vehicle and crashed into a shop window.
  • The man was uninjured, but had to surrender his driving license.

A 98-year-old driver caused an unusual accident in Sissach (BL) on Monday evening. According to the Basel-Landschaft police, the senior citizen was driving on the main road coming from Gelterkinden.

At the traffic circle at the Hauptstrasse/Gelterkinderstrasse junction, he lost control of his vehicle for as yet unexplained reasons. On exiting the traffic circle, the car hit a grass verge, skidded across the road and briefly took off. It grazed the hood of a parked car before crashing into the window front of a store.

The driver was lucky: he was uninjured. However, his driver's license was revoked on the spot.