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23.09.2023 - 13:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum has told of her fear after a 'stolen' car ploughed through the front door of her home in Salford as her four children slept upstairs.
The resident, who does not wish to be named, was upstairs in her house on Station Road in Eccles at around 12.30am this morning (Saturday) when she heard a 'bang that sounded like an explosion' She said she initially thought that someone had broken into her house while she, her partner and her four young children were sleeping.
She told the Manchester Evening News she was terrified after her partner went downstairs to find their front door wide open with a car smashed through it. The person - or people - in the car had fled the scene.
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The resident immediately called the police, who she said told her the vehicle had been reported as stolen. She said now feels unsafe, fearing her home 'may be a target'.
The mum said: "We were sleeping upstairs, me and my partner and four children. It was at around 12.30am we just heard a bang, it sounded like an explosion. It just went 'boom'.
"I woke up and said 'what's going on', I just said to my partner 'be careful' as he went downstairs. You could hear the breeze as our door had completely opened, I thought someone was in the house.
"When we went down I noticed that the car was abandoned so I started panicking about where they was. I called the police straight away and they came after around 10 to 15 minutes.
"I didn't know what was going on, glass was all over. Police found the car was a stolen vehicle. I was so
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