Driver flips, totals car after slipping on snail slime

BERLIN — German police say a driver lost control of his car after slipping on a slimy trail left by a procession of snails that were making their way across the highway.

The car — an old East German Trabant — flipped over and was wrecked, but the driver was unhurt.

Police said the crash happened early Wednesday near Paderborn, about 220 miles west of Berlin.

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