Car crashes by way of front room window following police chase
A motorist whose vehicle smashed through a front window and landed upside down in a living room was being chased by cops at the time of the shocking crash, according to police
The car crashed through a front window(Image: Iconic Media Group / SWNS)
A driver whose car dramatically smashed through a front window before landing upside down in a family living room was being chased by cops at the time, according to a statement by local police.
The Seat Leon ploughed into the property in the village of Chirk Bank, Wrexham, following a short police pursuit at around 10pm on Saturday (Oct 31).
The vehicle careered through a road closure before smashing into the living room, but miraculously, the occupants of the home were uninjured. The car remained upside down inside the house the following morning (Sun), while the driver was arrested and taken to hospital.
The car inside the house in Canal View, Chirk Bank(Image: Iconic Media Group / SWNS)
A North Wales Police spokesperson said: “At 9.54pm on Saturday, October 31, a vehicle collided into a property on Canal View, Chirk Bank, Wrexham.
“The driver had been in short pursuit with a police vehicle after failing to stop for officers.
“Following the pursuit, the driver entered a road closure and collided with a bridge, before hitting the front of a residential property.
The car appears to have been involved in a chase (Image: Iconic Media Group / SWNS)
“The driver was arrested before being taken to hospital where they continue to receive treatment for an injury. No injuries were reported from inside the property.Enquiries into the collision are ongoing.”
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said the driver was taken to hospital following the crash after sustaining “potentially serious injuries”.
A service spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of a car which had collided with a property on Canal View, Chirk Bank, Wrexham at 10.01pm on Saturday, October 31.
One man sustained serious injuries (Image: Iconic Media Group / SWNS)
“One ambulance attended the scene. The driver, a man, sustained potentially serious injuries in the collision. He received treatment on scene before being conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further care.”
The car is understood to have ploughed through metal fencing blocking a bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal, which is currently undergoing repair work.
One neighbour told how the car then hit debris on the bridge before careering down a bank for around 20 metres and straight through the living room of the house, which was formerly the village’s post office and shop until it closed in 2000.
Pictures showed mangled fences following the crash(Image: Iconic Media Group / SWNS)
Neighbour Ella St John said the aftermath of the crash looked like a “warzone”.
She said: “I was just sitting in the living room watching the TV waiting for Tom Jones to come on and I just heard this almighty bang.I saw all these lights flashing, there were all these stones all over the path, I could not believe it. It was like a warzone when I came out.”
Another neighbour, Mick Holford, said: “It sounded like an explosion.I looked out the back because I thought something had fallen off an aeroplane or something.
“Then I looked out the front and there was a lot of shouting and blue lights and trying to get the bloke out of the car, so I thought ‘I don’t know what’s going on here’ and shut the door.”
