Learner driver loses control and hits house

A learner driver careered into a house after losing control on a road in Bloxwich. The young woman was left shaken following the accident in Field Road at 8.30 last night. The red Citroen she was driving left the road and hit a car and a terraced house, smashing much of the building's bricked bay window.nextpage

When fire crews arrived at the scene, the driver and her male passenger were trapped in the car. Crew commander Simon Shakespeare from Bloxwich, which attended with Walsall and a major rescue unit from West Bromwich, said: "We moved the other car and they were able to get out. Both were okay but a little shaken up."nextpage

A structural engineer from Walsall Council was called to assess the damage to the house, which he described as minimal. The female occupant of the house and her neighbours spent the evening clearing bricks from the pavement.