Grave injury for drunk driver

A German woman on her way to pay respects to a dead relative ploughed across the cemetery drunk in her car, smashing up headstones and tombs before she ground to a halt in someone8217;s grave, police said Tuesday.

The woman drove into the graveyard in the southern town of Mitterteich on a track running through it but veered off as she struggled to control her vehicle, local police said.

8220;Eventually she ended up stuck in a grave and couldn8217;t get out, so we had to pull her out,8221; a police spokesman said. 8220;She said she8217;d come to visit one of her relatives8217; graves.8221;

Police estimated the total damage to graves and the 53-year-old8217;s car at around 18,000 euros 24,000.