TRAILER OF DESTRUCTION
Children leap from window in terror after lorry ploughs into home, with driver, 33, arrested after police manhunt
A DRIVER has been arrested after a lorry "deliberately" ploughed into a house and forced horrified kids to jump out of a window in their pyjamas in the middle of the night.
The youngsters reportedly fled the property in terror after a maniac driver rammed into the home at around 11.25pm.
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The motorist quickly fled from the scene after ramming into the house, but abandoned the truck on the other side of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
The Eddie Stobart truck was ditched near a Lidl store in the town, not far from the scene of the shocking smash.
A manhunt was launched after the incident on Monday, but last night cops confirmed a 33-year-old man was arrested.
Shocking footage showed the wreckage following the crash, with the home devastated by the targeted collision.
Photos showed debris and bricks strewn across the ground, with windows smashed and cracked amid the chaos.
A digger was later pictured demolishing the house, tearing the wrecked building to the ground.
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It comes after nearby neighbours were evacuated from their homes as cops cordoned off the street and launched a probe.
Photos from a Lidl car park showed firefighters removing bricks from the damaged vehicle after it was discovered.
A local neighbour told The Sun: “It was around 11.20pm we heard the first hit, as it woke us up. It sounded like someone dropping a skip.
"The second crash seemed deliberate. A neighbour helped two children escape out the upstairs window. The driver definitely seemed under the influence from the way they were driving away.”
They added: "The truck came into the estate quite fast. It took a turn into the street, and just as I thought he was reversing to turn around, he reversed into the house.
"I thought he may have taken a wrong turn and it was an accident, but he then pulled forward and smashed back into it again. After the second crash he then drove away at a fast speed, about 40 miles per hour.
"There was shouting and screaming from the street. He was driving over the sidewalk and the pavement as he drove away, and seemed frantic to get away from the scene.”
Cops confirmed nobody was injured as a result of the lorry horror but said that the home had suffered “extensive damage”.
A police spokesman said: “An investigation is under way after a lorry was deliberately driven into a house in Lancaster Crescent on Monday 6 September 2021.
“Police were notified around 11.25pm. No-one was injured in the incident.
“The building has sustained extensive damage and local residents were evacuated as a precaution. Enquires are ongoing."
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