Driver down in the dumps

A Swiss driver ended up down in the dumps - after plunging 30ft into a rubbish bunker at a green recycling centre.

Police say the 65-year-old motorist hit the accelerator instead of the brake as he was backing up to the dump and shot off the edge into the trash below at the refuse centre in Bazenheid, Switzerland.

Firefighters had to winch shocked Heiner Mollard to safety for treatment for cuts and bruises.

And to add insult to injury, Mollard was fined the equivalent of £50 by dump bosses for leaving an "inappropriate item" in a recyling bin.

A fire brigade spokesman said: "He really floored it - he smashed a metal gate out the way and drove over a nine inch safety barrier before falling down the chute."

Crane driver Andreas Baum who was moving rubbish around the site said: "I saw a flash of yellow - and suddenly this car was in the rubbish pit."