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Flaminia Luck

VW Golf smashes into Elswick house and leaves devastating scene of wreckage

These dramatic picture show the wreckage left behind after a car ploughed into the front of a Newcastle home.

It is understood a VW Golf was involved in a collision with an Audi before crashing into the front of a house in Elswick.

Police were called to the scene on Mill Lane on Sunday at around 4.30pm.

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The driver and passenger of the Golf fled the scene before officers arrived at the scene.

A cordon was put in place around the property with Northern Gas Network engineers being called out.

The occupants of the property did not sustain any injuries as a result of the incident.

Dramatic pictures from the scene show the devastation caused with the porch of the property being destroyed.

Rubble is still scattered across the street, as are parts of the wrecked Golf.

The devastating scene after a car crashed into a home in Elswick (Newcastle Chronicle)

An investigation is now under way and anyone with information regarding this shocking incident is urged to come forward with information.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Shortly before 4.30pm yesterday (Sunday), we received a report of a collision on Mill Lane, Newcastle.

"It was reported that a VW Golf had collided with an Audi before crashing into a house causing damage to the property.

"The driver and passenger of the Golf then fled the scene prior to police arrival.

"An investigation is ongoing to locate those responsible and anyone with information is asked to contact us via our ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website using reference number NP-20220306-0753."

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