{"id":244244,"date":"2025-07-07T03:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T03:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244244\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T03:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T03:18:18","slug":"driver-ploughs-into-birmingham-home-causing-significant-damage-then-reverses-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244244\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver ploughs into Birmingham home causing &#8216;significant damage&#8217; &#8211; then reverses off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Police were called to reports that a car had driven into a house on Bolton Road, in Small Heath, at around 4pm, yesterday, Saturday, July 5<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_bolton-road1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A general view of Bolton Road in Small Heath(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Police are hunting a driver who drove into a Birmingham home causing &#8216;significant damage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The force<\/a> was called to reports that a car had driven into a house on Bolton Road, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bordesley-green-and-small-heath\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Heath<\/a>, at around 4pm, yesterday, Saturday, July 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fortunately, no-one was seriously injured, but police said significant damage has been caused to the address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/innocent-birmingham-men-benidorm-stag-31893277\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Innocent Birmingham men on Benidorm stag do cleared of rape after 20-month jail hell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/pedestrian-trying-cross-road-at-31969106\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedestrian trying to cross road &#8216;at pace&#8217; killed in horrific cement mixer truck crash &#8211; inquest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/i-find-west-midlands-missing-31982488\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;I find West Midlands missing people from cold cases all over the world &#8211; families need closure&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/double-murderer-jailed-killing-hmp-32002820\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Double murderer jailed for killing at HMP Birmingham &#8216;blamed victim&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Video footage shared online shows a vehicle reversing out of the house&#8217;s driveway and making off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Bricks and rubble remain from where a front window had been.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police are checking CCTV and are appealing for anyone with information to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A police spokeswoman told BirminghamLive: &#8220;We were called at around 4pm yesterday (5 Jul) to Bolton Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, after reports a car had driven into a house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a>, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Thankfully no-one was seriously injured but significant damage has been caused to the address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are reviewing CCTV footage and making enquiries as part of our investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Anyone who has any information is asked to call 101 quoting log 3153 of 5 July.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police were called to reports that a car had driven into a house on Bolton Road,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,10586,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-244244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-bordesley-green-and-small-heath","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114809792528900092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}