Dumper truck driven into house in 'deliberate act'

Police said the digger was driven into the house on Sunday lunchtime

A dumper truck has been driven into a house in Telford, in what police suspect was a deliberate act.

The vehicle was stolen from a construction site on Main Road in Ketley Bank on Sunday lunchtime, before being driven into the house on nearby Mullinder Drive just minutes later.

Police and fire crews were called along with structural engineers.

No-one was hurt, and West Mercia Police appealed for witnesses to come forward.

The digger damaged a door and brickwork

The force said the driver was a white man in his 40s, dressed mainly in black and wearing a snood and flat cap. He fled the scene on foot.

It added that the house was "substantially damaged" around the front door and surrounding brickwork.

In a statement, police said: "We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the theft of the truck or the collision - or has captured either incident on their doorbell camera or dashcam - to come forward."