‘It’s not something you expect on a Sunday’: Hartlepool homeowners speak out after car ploughs into house
A Hartlepool couple have spoken out after a car ploughed into their home at the weekend as they cooked their Sunday dinner.
The crash happened at around 12.15pm on Sunday, February 15, in Caledonian Road, Hartlepool, which was closed by Cleveland Police for a “period of time” while emergency services dealt with the incident.
The homeowners, who do not wish to be named, were cooking their Sunday dinner at the time when they heard a loud bang.
They said: “Thankfully we were in the kitchen but our dog was in the front room.
"She’s a rescue so she’s nervous as it is. As soon as it happened she bolted.”
Their garden wall was completely destroyed in the crash and their window had to be boarded up.
Police say nobody was hurt.
The couple admitted their living room is “really cold” after one hole was left in their wall and one in their window.
One of the homeowners said: “I reckon it’ll cost around 20 or 30 grand to sort because he’s got to get my car fixed, his car fixed and our house.”
He continued: “My car is a complete write-off. Thankfully the insurance are paying for it all.”
Both homeowners have had to take time off work to deal with the incident.
One said: “I’ve had to take a week’s emergency leave just to get everything sorted.”
The other added: "It’s just not something you expect on a Sunday.”
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “Caledonian Road in Hartlepool was closed for a period of time on Sunday, February 15, following an incident where a car had collided with a house on the road.
“Shortly before 12.20pm, the blue Peugeot 2008 collided with a parked vehicle before going through a wall to the front garden of a property and hitting the bay window.
“Thankfully nobody was hurt in the incident.”
Hartlepool Borough Council put up fencing around the property to prevent any further damage as “glass continues to fall out the window”.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Fire Brigade said: “One fire appliance from Hartlepool attended. One vehicle, road traffic collision, no persons trapped.
"Crews assessed the scene and made it safe. The stop call was received at 12.45."