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Man escapes after car hits house | |
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A man has escaped unharmed after a car smashed through his bedroom wall overnight causing major damage. | |
Central Scotland Police said the incident happened after midnight in Alloa, on the town's Sunnyside Road. | |
Walter Preston, 72, was in bed when the car crashed through the wall. He managed to clamber out of the house and escaped uninjured. | |
The car will remain in place in case moving it causes the house to collapse. An 18-year-old man has been detained. | |
Mr Preston told BBC Scotland: "Last night I was in bed watching the television and the next thing there was a bang and bricks and dust were flying all about the place. | |
"When I turned round the car was in the bedroom. | |
Mr Preston said his bed was pushed across the room"The bed was pushed towards the other end of the room and when I managed to get out of bed I turned and saw the car. | |
"I got up and tried to get out, the room door was all jammed with furniture all pushed against it, so I had to shift some of the furniture to the side and squeeze out. | |
"I managed to get out of the room and out of the house because I thought it was going to collapse." | |
Mr Preston said that when he got out he realised his dog was still in the property, so he ran back in to get her. | |
He said he would be staying with his daughter while the damage to the property was being assessed. |
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