Car smashes into porch

A taxi careered off a road near Shrewsbury today, crashing through a fence and smashing into the porch of a home as a family lay asleep in the building.Nick Rose awoke to discover the porch of his three-bedroom detached home completely destroyed and a large crack along a lounge wall at the house on Shrewsbury Road, Westbury.

He was awoken by a loud bang just after 1am and discovered a taxi had crashed into the porch of the property, which he rents with his wife Marie and their three children.

The 33-year-old, who works in Telford, said they were asleep in the house at the time of the incident but had to be evacuated by the fire service amid safety fears.

Mr Rose, who returned to assess the damage this morning, said: "At about 1.05am there was an almighty bang."

He said the car was badly damaged and the driver had an injured face. Fire crews winched the vehicle away.

The vehicle also crashed through the fence of a property rented by neighbour Karen Buckley, 51, who said: "It's a good job nobody was injured."

Damage to the porch of the house in Westbury after a taxi crashed into it.

Damage to the wall of the house is visible.

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Another view of the damage.