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| Man charged over crash at house | Man charged over crash at house |
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| A 32-year-old man has been charged with driving offences after a car smashed through the wall of a house in Newry. | A 32-year-old man has been charged with driving offences after a car smashed through the wall of a house in Newry. |
| The car ended up in the bedroom of a teenage boy who has special needs at Damolly Meadows, Newry on Sunday. | The car ended up in the bedroom of a teenage boy who has special needs at Damolly Meadows, Newry on Sunday. |
| Police said a man faced driving charges and a charge of assaulting police. He is due to appear in court in March. | Police said a man faced driving charges and a charge of assaulting police. He is due to appear in court in March. |
| Jonathan Funston, 16, who has learning difficulties and epilepsy, had just woken up when the car hit his room. He was uninjured. | Jonathan Funston, 16, who has learning difficulties and epilepsy, had just woken up when the car hit his room. He was uninjured. |
| Jonathan Funston's sister, Rebecca, described what she heard at about 0600 GMT on Sunday morning. | |
| "There was a massive bang. I thought it was Jonathan having a seizure. But it was too loud to be that. I jumped out of the bed. Everyone was in the hall. I just saw a car in my brother's room and a hole," she said. | "There was a massive bang. I thought it was Jonathan having a seizure. But it was too loud to be that. I jumped out of the bed. Everyone was in the hall. I just saw a car in my brother's room and a hole," she said. |
| The family is being re-housed while an engineer surveys the damage. | The family is being re-housed while an engineer surveys the damage. |