A hotel valet had a lucky escape — but the luxury sports car he was trying to park did not.

The employee drove the soft-top Porsche Carrera under another vehicle outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney, according to Australian media.

Emergency workers cut the driver out of the Porsche as a crowd watched.

The scene in Sydney
The scene in Sydney (Australian Broadcasting Corp/AP)

Matthew Talbot, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp the valet was “embarrassed and a little bit shocked” but was OK.

The larger vehicle was propped up and its wheels were anchored while the vehicles were separated. The black Porsche, its bonnet and front bumper crunched and dented, was then backed on to a tow truck.

Witness Jonathan Bayle said he thought a television show or movie was being shot.

The hotel said it was investigating.