Overview
- The black Renault left the road around 11:30pm on March 11 at High Street and Field Lane, striking a lamppost before embedding in a house.
- Five houses and a car sustained significant structural damage, with debris thrown by the uprooted lamppost.
- A gas service pipe and meter were ruptured, prompting evacuations as Cadent stopped the leak and utilities teams made the scene safe in the early hours.
- A 17-year-old boy suffered facial and head injuries from flying debris and was taken to James Paget University Hospital; a family of five was displaced and awaits rehousing.
- The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs and failing to stop, questioned after a hospital assessment, and police are seeking witnesses quoting CAD 386 of March 11.