Footage shows a car rolling backwards into Karl Farrar, from Hyndburn, Lancashire, who said that his private parts were left crushed and he doesn’t know “if they work or function”
A garage owner was seen bent over in agony after a car he was working on rolled backwards and crushed his private parts – leaving them ‘unrecognisable’.
Karl Farrar was struggling to reverse the BMW Estate into his garage to work on it so he put the handbrake on and jumped out of the vehicle. But as the 49-year-old got out of the car during the incident on June 16, it began rolling down the ramp. Footage shows Karl unsuccessfully trying to stop the vehicle rolling by pushing on it before eventually being smashed against the wall.
Karl can be seen yelling desperately for help before a staff member tries to help him by getting in the car and attempting to drive it away.
The moment the car rolled back crushing Karl Farrar (Image: Kennedy News and Media)
But Karl says the car was still in reverse gear so it went backwards further, crushing him again before the member of staff eventually manoeuvred the vehicle away from him.
The wince-inducing video then shows him collapse in the centre of the shop floor, unable to get back up. He was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary by ambulance where he stayed for a week and doctors told him he has suffered soft tissue damage to his pelvic area and groin after an MRI.
Paramedics attending Karl(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
Karl says he has been unable to watch the CCTV footage back himself as it is too ‘traumatic’ for him. Most worryingly, he admits that some areas of his manhood are unrecognisable and he is still unsure if they ‘work or function’ but he remains hopeful it is OK.
Karl, from Hyndburn, Lancashire, said: “My man bits were smashed to bits. They were swollen, they were black and blue and unrecognisable in one bit. I don’t know if they work or function because the area is very painful and sore still but I think it’ll be okay. It was scary for a couple of weeks though. It’s Final Destination stuff.
“My sensitive man area got smashed into my stomach and the belt buckle went into my stomach. A lot of the damage is soft tissue and nerve damage. Luckily nothing broke. It was obviously very painful but I’m not one for being amazingly soft.
Karl pictured in hospital after the excruciating incident(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
“The scariest thing for me was when they had me on the floor and they were trying to put my leg straight and I couldn’t bear it because the pain was too bad. The fact that I’ve done drifting racing for 16 years and drag racing and never hurt myself [but have now] injured myself on a random runaway car is pretty unlucky.
“For a couple of days I couldn’t really move my right leg and that was scary because they [the doctors] said it had this crushing injury and I didn’t really understand it.
“They were talking to people about maybe losing my lower leg and having to cut from top to bottom and I was on a ward with people who had legs off and were having legs off. That scared me. I think it’s traumatic [the video]. I don’t want to see it.”
Karl has said that his private parts are now ‘unrecognisable’(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
He said they later found out the car had an issue with its handbrake and he estimates the vehicle weighs around 1,800kg. He said the car was also battered so workers at his garage fitted it with two new doors and fixed its rear.
Karl said: “Many people have asked what’s happened and I’ve struggled to explain properly so here you go. The car was put in reverse twice so that crushed my leg harder into the booth.
“I’m now hobbling about but there’s still some pretty grim internal damage and a hole in my groin area. That said I’ve done way better than the doctors and physio thought I would at this point. I’ve been brave enough to download the video and share it so I know I was dumb trying to stop it it all happened so fast so be kind.”
One commented: “You’re gonna have to start wearing a Cape now.” A second said: “Lucky lucky man.” A third added: “That could have been a lot worse, glad you’re on the mend.”
