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Derby house 'deliberately' crashed into with flatbed truck | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The driver of a stolen flatbed truck who "deliberately" crashed into a house in Derby in the early hours is being hunted by police. | |
The semi-detached house was "significantly damaged" but no-one was injured, Derbyshire Police said. | The semi-detached house was "significantly damaged" but no-one was injured, Derbyshire Police said. |
Police said the truck was probably driven into the house as "part of an on-going localised dispute". | |
Neighbour Kay Nyakale said he felt "a large tremor" when the lorry struck the house at about 04:50 BST. | Neighbour Kay Nyakale said he felt "a large tremor" when the lorry struck the house at about 04:50 BST. |
'Left house immediately' | |
"I came outside and saw a lorry in the yard and the front of the neighbour's house was completely gone," he said. | "I came outside and saw a lorry in the yard and the front of the neighbour's house was completely gone," he said. |
"We were told to evacuate the house immediately and told it was a health hazard." | |
The truck had been stolen from a waste management company in Staffordshire, police said. | |
No-one was in the property at the time of the crash. | |
The area around the house on Nottingham Road in Spondon, between Willowcroft Road and Cambridge Street, was closed while an investigation took place. | The area around the house on Nottingham Road in Spondon, between Willowcroft Road and Cambridge Street, was closed while an investigation took place. |
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. | Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. |
No-one has been arrested, but two men were seen driving away from the scene in a white van. |