The man is 85 but the article say he is not known to suffer from cognitive problems or disorientation. A bit strange if he managed to drive 20 hours in a raw.
The distance is just huge!
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The distance is just huge!
An 85-year-old man takes his car to go see his doctor in Deux-Sèvres but is found... in Croatia.
An octogenarian from Châtillon-sur-Thouet, who intended to visit his physician about twenty kilometers away from home, ended up at a hotel in Croatia. The story seems barely believable. On Tuesday evening, an 85-year-old man originally from Châtillon-sur-Thouet (Deux-Sèvres), who was heading to see his general practitioner located some twenty kilometers from his house, found himself 1,500 kilometers away... in Croatia, according to our colleagues at Ici Poitou.
It was a local association of which the man is a member that raised the alarm. The octogenarian had been expected for a meeting but failed to show up on Tuesday. His neighbors also became worried since they hadn't seen him all day.
Over 20 hours driving
Emergency services were alerted and went to his home, only to find no one there. They then tried calling him and, to their great surprise, he answered the phone. He explained that he was in a hotel in Croatia after having driven non-stop for over twenty hours.
According to his account, he had set off the previous day to go see his doctor whose office is located in Airvault, a town about twenty kilometers from his home. For an unknown reason, however, the man ended up driving nearly 1,500 kilometers and landed in Croatia.
GPS error? Inattention? Disorientation? At this stage, the octogenarian was unable to explain what had happened. He told emergency services that he "did not understand what had occurred."
According to our colleagues' information, the man is not known for cognitive impairments or disorientation problems. His family members were alerted and went to Croatia to pick him up in good health; now he has quite a story to tell.
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