Bond's Aston Martin crashes into lake

As the £134,000 Aston Martin plunged into Lake Garda, onlookers might have been forgiven for thinking they were watching filming for the new James Bond movie.

In fact, they weren't far wrong. Except that this particular DBS was actually on its way to the set yesterday – and being driven by a technician from the British factory.

But it seems just being in a James Bond car can give you 007 powers. Astonishingly, driver Fraser Dunn, 29, of Leamington Spa, suffered only minor injuries after the supercar careered off the road, piled through an iron railing and into the Italian lake

And despite the Aston Martin's roof being completely smashed in, Mr Dunn calmly freed himself and swam to shore. He was due to be released from hospital last night.

Mr Dunn was driving one of five DBSs to the set of Quantum Of Solace, the 21st Bond movie which has just begun shooting, when the accident happened at 7am.

A rescue crane dragged it from the water after being called in by police.

Teacher Ben Appleby, who lives near the scene, said: "The car was travelling very fast on an extremely narrow and bendy road. It's a dangerous stretch so it's not surprising something happened."

Ironically, the DBS was due to take part in filming by the lake today in a scene where Daniel Craig roars away from the scene of a fireball crash – and a truck ends up in the water.

Quantum Of Solace's opening sequence is set five minutes after the end of Craig's first Bond outing in Casino Royale.

Last night, Mr Dunn's girlfriend Rachel Andrews said: "He is OK. But he is certainly not a stuntman – he is an engineer."