BOSTON (WHDH) - Police are investigating after a woman found her electric car flipped over on East 4th Street in South Boston on Thursday.

Kathleen Lanstein owns a two-seat min car from Italy named Otto.

She got the car as a gift and it has helped navigate parking in the neighborhood.

But on Thursday morning, Lanstein woke up to find the car\u2019s windshield cracked, the door damaged and the frame bent. Now police are searching for whoever caused the damages.

\u201cThis is the second time it\u2019s happened. The first time it was exactly the same. Physics being what it is \u2013 If you do something the same way two times, you\u2019ll get exactly the same result. It\u2019s the same damage,\u201d Lanstein said.

Lanstein paid approximately $3,000 for repairs last time it happened at a shop in Somerville. She worries that it will take months for the parts to come from Europe.

\u201cOtto was built in the Italian Alps, and that\u2019s where COVID hit first, and they clamped. Now they are clamped down again, so I expect it will probably be the end of the winter before I get back on the road,\u201d Lanstein said.

Although she is without a car she is thankful for what she does have this Thanksgiving.

\u201cCompared to what a lot of other people are going through, I can\u2019t really cry tears for myself. But it\u2019s just kind of a lousy thing to do,\u201d Lanstein said.

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Published by Bruce Henry

Publication Date: Friday, November 27, 2020 - 6:33 PM