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Car smashes into Tipton home

A woman was shocked but unhurt after a car crashed into the front of her Tipton home.

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The crash happened in Tividale Street, Tipton

A black Audi smashed into the house in Tividale Street yesterday at about 3.30pm – but those inside the vehicle fled the scene.

Fire crews from Tipton and Dudley cleared the wreckage and treated a woman for shock.

A spokesman said: "Fire crews attended an RTC incident on Tividale Street in Tipton at 3.30pm to reports of a car in collision with the front of a semi-detached house.

"The vehicle's passengers had absconded the scene. The property sustained structural damage.

"One woman, the home occupant, received a precautionary check for shock. Crews from Tipton, Dudley and technical rescue attended along with West Midlands Police."

West Midlands Police are also investigating the crash.