A man has been arrested for driving and drug offences after an incident that saw a car crash off a road and land on a garage roof.
Emergency services were called to Junction Road in Norton at about 10.10am on Saturday (January 27), following reports of a road traffic collision.
After arriving on the scene, police and fire service vehicles encountered a car that had crashed off a road and landed on top of a garage, becoming wedged on top.
Since the incident, Cleveland Police have confirmed that a man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, alongside drug offences.
A spokesperson for the police force said on Monday (January 29): "Officers were called to Junction Road in Norton at around 10.10am on Saturday, January 27 following reports a vehicle had collided with a garage.
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"A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident, drug driving, driving without insurance and driving without a driving licence. He was bailed pending further enquiries."
Following the collision on Saturday, a woman described the terrifying moment the car hurtled off a road and landed on the roof of her garage.
Silver Lighowler of Station Cottages, in Norton, Stockton, was in her kitchen when she saw wood flying past her window and heard a crash on Saturday (January 27).
She came out to see four men getting out of a car on her garage roof, arguing among themselves and someone on nearby Junction Road, before they left the scene.
She called the police prompting a huge emergency response, including the ambulance service, Cleveland Fire Brigade and several police vehicles.
Ms Lightowler said to The Northern Echo: "I was in my kitchen and I saw some wood fly past the window and I heard a bang.
"I did think there had been a crash at the top because it sometimes does happen.
"When I came out there was a car on the roof of my garage. Four men got out of it and they were all screaming and shouting among each other and threatening somebody who was on the main road. So then I phoned the police."
She added: "I am still in shock. Nobody was injured. I don’t know how they got out of it alive to be fair, because I think they must have flipped the car."
"I think they were so wound up about the situation, because they said they had been run off the road – that someone else had tried to run them off the road.
"They were screaming and shouting and threatening each other outside my house."
Ms Lightowler said the man claimed they had been rammed off the road. The crash caused substantial damage to a car parked in the driveway.
She said: "I’m not happy. It’s not how I thought our Saturday would go."
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A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to a road traffic collision this morning (27 January) shortly after 10am on Junction Road in Norton.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew and one clinical team leader to the scene but were stood down by police."
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