Car crashes through house wall in Shropshire after police pursuit

Summarised from 2 outlets · 6 reports · Updated 2 Nov, 17:08 · Archive

A car smashed into the front room of a house in Chirk Bank, Shropshire, on Saturday night after a police pursuit.

A car smashed through a wall and into the front room of a house in Chirk Bank, Shropshire, on Saturday night at about 22:20, ending up on its roof. The Shropshire Star reports the driver was arrested after the car went through a road closure following a police pursuit.

Firefighters from Ellesmere, Oswestry and Wellington attended the crash on the north Wales border, alongside police and ambulance services. Nobody was in the room when the car struck, and nobody was trapped inside the vehicle, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

The driver was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries. Local residents described the incident as resembling 'a warzone', with one recalling: 'I looked out the back because I thought something had fallen off an aeroplane or something.'

How it is being reported

• Driver arrested after car smashed through road closure and into house near Oswestry following police pursuitResidents described the incident as “like a warzone”Shropshire Star · 2 Nov, 15:50
• Driver of car that smashed into house near Oswestry taken to hospital with 'potentially serious injuries'The update comes after the village’s residents said the incident was “like a warzone”Shropshire Star · 2 Nov, 10:53
• Car crashes into front room of houseFirefighters respond to the call in the Chirk Bank area in Shropshire over the weekend.BBC Shropshire · 2 Nov, 10:31
• 'Like a warzone': Shropshire villagers recall chaos as car smashed through fences and into house's living room“I looked out the back because I thought something had fallen off an aeroplane or something”Shropshire Star · 1 Nov, 12:46
• Shocking photos of car that smashed through house's front window and landed upside down in Shropshire village“Luckily no one was in the front room at the time”Shropshire Star · 1 Nov, 11:28
• Fire, police and ambulance scrambled after car smashes through front of Shropshire houseImages showed a car had gone through the front window of a houseShropshire Star · 1 Nov, 09:15

In this story: Chirk Bank · Shropshire · Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

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