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Car that crashed into house was in police chase

Richard PriceWest Midlands
News imageShropshire Fire and Rescue Service Fire crews wearing high visibility clothing as well as yellow helmets are working on a vehicle which is upside down and has crashed through the front of a building. The vehicle is black and is tilted at an angle.Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Crews were called to Chirk Bank on Saturday night after a car went through the wall of a house

A car that smashed into the front room of a house and ended up on its roof was being chased by police before it crashed.

North Wales Police said the vehicle had failed to stop for officers, entered a road closure, struck a bridge and hit the property in Canal View, Chirk Bank, Shropshire, at 21:54 GMT on Saturday.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the scene just after 22:00, and said a man who was driving the car had suffered potentially serious injuries, and was taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Nobody was in the room at the time of the crash, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service added.

Fire crews from Ellesmere, Oswestry and Wellington attended the crash on the Shropshire-north Wales border alongside police.

News imageShropshire Fire and Rescue Service An upside-down black car embedded in a hole in the wall of a house. Red and white incident tape is stretched across the opening, and a firefighter's leg is visible to the left. Masonry rubble is strewn around the car.Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
The crash happened on Saturday night

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