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Flying car smashes into Lincolnshire house | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
A car careered off the road, flew through the air and smashed into a house in Lincolnshire. | |
The Vauxhall Corsa ended up on its side alongside the house on Carrington Drive in Hop Pole, near Spalding on Thursday. | |
The 25-year-old driver escaped the wreckage with broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. | The 25-year-old driver escaped the wreckage with broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. |
No-one is thought to have been in the property at the time of the crash, which demolished part of a rear bedroom of the semi-detached house. | No-one is thought to have been in the property at the time of the crash, which demolished part of a rear bedroom of the semi-detached house. |
'Like Armageddon' | |
Dick Holmes, from Lincolnshire Police, said the car demolished a fence as it flew through the air. | Dick Holmes, from Lincolnshire Police, said the car demolished a fence as it flew through the air. |
However, on Friday, a police spokeswoman said it was unclear whether the car hit the first floor or if that part of the house crumbled as a result of an impact at ground level. | |
Firefighters worked into the early hours to stabilise the building and structural engineers were assessing the damage. | Firefighters worked into the early hours to stabilise the building and structural engineers were assessing the damage. |
Graham Roberts, who said his fence was damaged during the incident, said: "I heard a horrendous noise and I knew something was wrong. | |
"It looked like Armageddon, no fence to my house, hedge broken, and the car that had obviously knocked a hole in the house and fallen down." |
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