Residents evacuated after car smashes into house with driver arrested
manchestereveningnews.co.ukResidents were evacuated from their homes after a car smashed into a house in Wigan. Emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash on Ormskirk Road in the Pemberton area at around 11.30am this morning (Monday).
A gas pipe was left damaged after the car ploughed into the house, police said. No injuries were reported but some homes were evacuated 'as a precaution'.
The driver - a man aged in his 40s - was arrested on the scene on suspicion of driving under the influence of class A and B drugs. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Fire crews and gas workers were called to the scene to work to make the area safe.
A stretch of the road was closed off by police officers. In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: "At around 11:30am this morning (Monday 8 May) Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of a road traffic collision between a vehicle and a house on Ormskirk Road, Wigan.
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