Detectives have revealed the driver of a car that crashed into the side of a house in Little Billing last night has been arrested on suspicion of causing Grievous Bodily Harm.
Police were called to Swinford Hollow after the car smashed into the side of the terrace house, damaging two more adjoining homes.
The crash happened at 8.45pm last night and resulted in the male driver and his female passenger being taken to hospital with “serious injuries”.
The man, a 33-year-old from Thorplands, has since been arrested.
A police spokesman said: “We now have an update to the road traffic collision in Swinford Hollow, Little Billing, Northampton, yesterday evening.
“A 33-year-old man from Thorplands, Northampton - the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision - has been arrested at Northampton General Hospital on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
“He is currently in custody at the Criminal Justice Centre in Northampton.”
Police have refused to say anything further on his arrest.
Meanwhile, neighbours have revealed how they thought a “bomb had gone off” after a car smashed into the side of a house.
All three terraced houses are currently uninhabitable due to safety fears, with the owners having moved out already.
Daniel Murray, who lives in the third house along in the terrace, and the furthest from the impact, said part of his ceiling collapsed due to the force of the crash.
He said: “I wasn’t too sure what the noise was to be honest,
“I was sitting there watching the football and I just heard a humongous bang. I went out and could see the smoke coming up and the car in the wall.”
He said he then cut the driver free, using scissors to cut his seat belt.
Another eyewitness, Kimberly Grant, added: “I just heard a bang. It sounded like a bomb going off. I’ve never heard that sort of sound before.”
Taylor Marriott, who lives further along the main road, said she heard a car “screech” along the road before she also heard the bang moments later.
She said: “I heard the car come screeching down the road.
“Then I heard a huge bang. It sounded like the wheels were still spinning.”
A police spokesman said: “We are appealing for information about a serious road traffic collision which occurred in Little Billing, Northampton, at shortly after 8.35pm yesterday evening
“A green Vauxhall Vectra car left the road and was in collision with a number of terraced houses in Swinford Hollow.
“The fire service was also in attendance and the driver of the Vectra, a 33-year-old man, and his 25-year-old female passenger - both from east Northampton - were taken to Northampton General Hospital with serious injuries.
“Three properties were damaged as a result of the collision. No-one in the properties was injured but the occupants have been moved out pending repairs to their properties.”
Witnesses to this collision, or anyone with information about it, can contact police on 0800 174615.