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Homeowner makes ‘lucky escape’ as £73,000 Jaguar smashes through the front of their bungalow after ‘parking mishap’
Watch the car's dramatic final moments before it crashed in the video above
A HOMEOWNER has made a "lucky escape" as a £73,000 Jaguar smashed through the front of their bungalow in a scary mishap.
The driver ended up in a horrified family's front room while "parallel parking".
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The clip shows the white Jaguar I-Pace attempting to park up in a clear bay on a suburban street in York.
All appeared to be going well as the motor pulled into the empty spot, with no apparent obstruction behind it.
However, as the driver turned into the space, the car suddenly shot forward, careering into the front wall of the nearest bungalow.
Images of the aftermath of the crash show the brick wall of the property falling apart, with furniture hanging out of the gaping hole left by the vehicle.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the car came off worse from its meeting with the solid bricks.
The front end was almost completely ripped away, with the bodywork crumpled and the front left wheel torn off.
The bonnet was also left hanging at almost a right angle from its original position and the suspension appeared to have collapsed.
Eyewitnesses, who did not wish to be named, told the that they heard a loud "bang" before spotting the "brand new Jaguar" hanging from the side of the home.
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One resident said: "The kitchen boiler was lying on the floor.
"Someone had to come out and make the gas safe.
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"It was a very lucky escape really.
"If it had been a weekend there would have been loads of children playing in the street and it could have been a very different outcome."
Emergency services attended the scene at 11.15am and confirmed that both the driver and the family in the house managed to escape without any serious injuries.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it had dispatched several units to the property, but nobody was hospitalised.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service added: "Crews from Acomb and York, along with an officer, attended a single vehicle road traffic collision where a car had struck a property causing structural damage.
"The driver of vehicle was out on arrival with no injuries and the incident was left with police and a structural engineer."
Gas, electricity and construction consultants were also at the scene, as was a representative of the city council.
Robert Burnett, a property inspector for the council, confirmed that the family had been taken into temporary accommodation while the damage was assessed.
There is still no word on the cause of the crash as investigations continue.
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North Yorkshire Police confirmed that the driver was not arrested and no charges have been brought against them.
It comes after dash cam footage showed the moment a learner driver was caught in a high-speed police chase in the middle of her test.
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