A PENSIONER returned home from an evening out to find that a car had smashed into the front of her Chelmsford house, leaving loose bricks and a crack in the ceiling.
Edah Lijodi, 73, arrived at her home on Rainsford Lane on Sunday evening at around 11.45pm to discover a car in her front garden and police in the street, after two cars collided and one ran off the road into her house.
The accident happened opposite Chelmsford Fire Station at around 10.30pm, when a driver became unwell at the wheel, before colliding with another car, whose male driver had to be cut free by firefighters. Mrs Lijodi said: "It was shocking. I got home at around 11.45 pm to find a car lying in my front garden and one in the road.
"Police told me the accident happened an hour or so before so you can imagine how serious it was that they were all still there.
"There is a crack in the ceiling and on the window sill, so the police told me to be careful. I am still waiting to find out whether or not it is safe for me to be in there, I'm also really worried because someone could just pull a brick out – that's how loose they are at the front."
The man cut free from the car was treated at the scene. The two patients were then taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, in a stable condition for further medical attention.
A structural engineer is due to assess the safety of the house.
