Car rolls over after hitting parked vehicle - shunting it into garden wall and gas pipe

It's understood that a Volkswagen hit a parked a Suzuki Celerio which was then pushed into the owner's garden wall, demolishing it and damaging the gas pipe.

The homeowner said he was in the back garden with his dogs when he heard an "almighty crunching of metal" before going out the front to see the damage.

He said another driver had stopped to help, adding: "The car rolled over and the girl was trying to get out of the passenger window. We made sure she was OK. The ambulance took her to hospital."

The white Suzuki, which the owner said parked off the road some "four feet from the front wall", suffered significant damage to the front and rear ends as a result of the impact, with the garden wall also flattened.

"My post box is under where somewhere," he added.

Gas engineers were at the house on Saturday morning making sure the main was safe after the homeowner reported smelling gas in the aftermath of the crash.

A second person was also taken to hospital.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said two fire crews and an operations officer went to the scene.

"The incident involved two saloon vehicles one of which had struck a building. Vehicles have been made safe by fire service personnel," a spokesperson said.

"Two people were left in the care of the ambulance service."

The fire service said crews were on scene until 10.50pm.