Baby and parents injured as car hits cottage
10:20am Friday 18th July 2008
A BABY and its parents were injured when a car smashed into their cottage early today.
A Mercedes E200 crashed through their bedroom wall in their home on St Mark's Road, Sunderland, where the family were sleeping at 2.31am.
Witnesses saw a number of males were seen running away from the accident.
The vehicle, along with a Vauxhall Vectra, was found abandoned at the scene of the accident.
A 16-year-old youth was arrested nearby on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident but it is not yet known if he was the driver or a passenger.
The family suffered minor injuries caused by falling debris and are staying with relatives.
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