Car ploughs through wall to hit home

A car left the road and crashed into the bay window of a home.

The blue Chevrolet car smashed through the garden wall of the home in Walsall Road, Aldridge, before knocking into the front of a bungalow.

Bricks and dust were left strewn across the garden.

Fire crews from Aldridge, Walsall and a technical rescue unit from Dudley were called to the scene at around 9.30am yesterday.

Firefighters removed the car from the bay window and boarded it up.

Nobody was injured in the collision, although paramedics were called to the scene to check the female driver who was left shaken. Watch commander Peter Finazzi, of Aldridge Fire Station, said: "A lady had driven into a bungalow after pulling out from a nearby junction.

"There was damage to the car and a bay window at the bungalow.

"She was a bit shaken up, as were the people inside the house.

"We made sure the building was safe structurally and that the windows were safe and removed the car from the house."

Fire crews left the scene at around midday and police officers were also in attendance.

In February 2010, a car lurched forward into a general store not far from the scene of yesterday's crash.

A Peugeot careered through the front of R.K.News, at the junction of Bosty Lane and Aldridge Road, sending glass flying into the air and hitting various shelves inside the shop.

Meanwhile, crews from Bloxwich were called to a crash between two cars in Harden Road, Bloxwich, at around 5.30pm yesterday.

Nobody was badly injured in the collision and crews left the scene a short time later.