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Sami Quadri

Man arrested after crashing car into Essex house on Christmas Day

A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after crashing his car into a house in Essex on Christmas Day.

The car wiped out an entire corner of the house on Argent Street in Grays after colliding into it at around 10am on Monday.

Shocking photos from the scene show officers attempting to remove huge piles of rubble from the room that had been crashed into.

Essex Police said a man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving without a licence following the incident.

In a statement, the force said: "We were called to the scene of a collision in Argent Street, Grays.

"We were notified at around 9.50am on Monday 25 December of the single-vehicle collision in which a car collided with a property, causing extensive damage.

"Thankfully, no one from the property has been reported as injured.

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