Shock as car crashes into Sunderland house

People living in Edward Burdis Street, Southwick, told the Echo they heard a “bang and a smash" at around 10.30pm on Tuesday, March 3.

Sunderland City Council sent workers to the damaged property to make it safe.

One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: “I was lying on my bed at about 10.30pm. Next thing I knew I heard a bang and a smash.

"I looked out but it was pitch black, but I could see brake lights sticking out of the house. The car was in the property. It had gone in at an angle and the back of the car was facing down the street.

"It must have gone up the street, then taken a sharp left into the property. The car must have pulled off. I didn’t see that because I’d come back into the house, but I saw its lights when it turned right, out of the street, and I heard it screeching down the back alleyway.

"I couldn’t see what sort of car it was. It was dark and there were other cars in the way. It just happened so quick."

An officer from the council’s building control team was called out to the scene and was working with the landlord.

A council spokesperson said: “Following the accident at Edward Burdis Street, Sunderland City Council’s Building Control Team are currently liaising with the landlord to make the property safe.”