Couple escape unhurt after car crashes into Shropshire cottage
A husband and wife in their 60s escaped unhurt after the car they were in ploughed into a cottage and came to rest in the living room.
The car crashed into the house in London Road in Knighton, near Market Drayton, at about 2.30pm today.
The couple in the car were shaken but unhurt and treated at the scene by ambulance staff. No-one was in the living room at the time of the crash.
Kevin Errington, paramedic area support officer for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "It was lucky no one was in the living room."
Claire Brown, spokeswoman for WMAS, said: "When crews arrived they found a car which had crashed through the external wall of a cottage and was protruding into the living room.
"The occupants of the car, a husband and wife thought to be in their 60s, were out of the vehicle. An assessment by ambulance crews found they were miraculously unhurt though understandably shaken.
"The fire service removed the vehicle from the property and the police arranged for builders and a structural engineer to assess the damage.
"Given the damage caused, it was very fortunate that no one was in the living room at the time of the crash as it could've been a very different outcome."
See the full story in Thursday's Shropshire Star
