Revealed: Shocking damage caused after car ploughs into family home during mass brawl
A man has told of a horrific ordeal after his house was wrecked by a car during a chaotic night of violence leading up to the new year.
The carnage also saw a mass brawl break out, a woman being dragged down a street, a car smash into a house injuring an elderly lady, another car torched and a police officer attacked.
In what was a chaotic scene in the Russells Hall area of Dudley on New Year’s Eve, West Midlands Police reported:
A brawl involving up to 10 men
A woman attacked and dragged along the floor
An out-of-control Nissan Micra reversing into a house, severely damaging the living room and leaving the two occupants injured
A Ford Fiesta set on fire
Two more people and a police officer attacked
Edward Nock, aged 20, from Hickford Lane, Telford, has been charged with drink driving and causing serious injury through dangerous driving.
He is due to appear at Dudley Magistrates' Court on January 29.
A 16-year-old arrested on suspicion of assault has been released under investigation while enquiries continue into the incident in Kestrel Road and Eagle Close shortly before 11pm.
At one stage during the fight a Nissan Micra reversed down the street and careered into a house on Kestrel Road causing significant structural damage.
The 57-year-old man, who wishes to stay anonymous, suffered injuries to his head, leg and back, while his 80-year-old mother, who also lives at the address, suffered serious leg injuries and needed surgery.
He told the Express & Star: "One moment I was making a cup of coffee for my mum and I and then bang, there was a car in our living room.
"It was just total shock.
"My mum and I were covered in debris, we were both sat on the sofa and it covered up my legs with debris, my mum was almost completely covered.
"We didn't see or hear anything before it happened, the blinds are thick so we couldn't see any car lights headed for us before the crash, it's beyond belief.
"I have a few problems with my leg, and a plaster covering butterfly stitches on my head, I'll be seeing a doctor about my leg soon.
"My mum is stable at the moment, but she's elderly and was unwell anyway, and now this.
"The council will help us clear everything up now, some lads are coming down to help, we need a big clear up."
The man condemned the actions of those who brought chaos on the night of trouble
"I have stronger words to call them, but idiots is what the people are that did this," he said
"I've lived here for 50 years and its always been peaceful and nice.
"There's been the odd trouble in the past but nothing on this scale, and the huge fight that happened down the road."
