German police rescue men tangled up with mannequin, toy car

BERLIN � Police in western Germany freed two men who became entangled with a mannequin and a large, remote-controlled car.

Officers were called after cries were heard from an apartment in the city of Mainz early one morning earlier this month.

Police found the 58-year-old tenant and a 61-year-old visitor �hopelessly locked together� with the toy car and the mannequin � which was dressed in a knight�s costume.

Officers were able to free the men, who were too drunk to explain how their unfortunate predicament had come about.

According to a police statement, �the whole thing would have remained a funny episode� but the younger man was �more than impolite� and now faces a charge of insulting officers.

Pertinent address:

Mainz, Germany