Lucky escape for man after car crashes into house

A man fears he could have been killed had he been at home relaxing in his usual “chilling area” when a car crashed into his house.

Mario Lleshi, 22, said he had been at work at the time of the crash but would normally have been relaxing in the back room of the house he rents on Upper Road in Shrewsbury.

That room is now just rubble with only the supporting walls in place. Lleshi said: “Maybe I would be dead by now, or probably badly injured in the hospital.”

West Mercia Police said there had been no reported injuries and it was investigating.

The force said it was called to the property at 13:38 GMT on Saturday.

Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution because of a reported gas leak.

Lleshi said he returned from work at about 18:00 GMT, unaware of the incident.

He said he saw the road was closed so parked his car and walked down to see what had happened.

“I just see the car in my house,” he said.

He also discovered firefighters had knocked down his front door to get to the main gas line.