Irish Daily Mirror

Fergie tells of love split heartache

Pensioner left shaken after vehicle loses power in freak accident

- BY MIRROR REPORTER BY LINDA MCGRORY

Fergie & Josh Duhamel BLACK-EYED Peas star Fergie has opened up about her split from husband Josh Duhamel.

The star couple – who have four-year-old son Axl – announced their separation following eight years of marriage.

Fergie, 42, reveals her pain on an upcoming episode of The Wendy Williams Show

She said: “I love Josh, he’s the father of my child. We forever have that project together and we’re doing the best we can.”

The singer and the 44-year-old actor released a statement last month with saying they had parted ways.

It read: “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year.” AN elderly woman was left shaken after a tractor and trailer smashed into her front garden narrowly missing her house.

The freak crash happened in Buncrana, Co Donegal, at about 9am yesterday.

It is understood the vehicle, belonging to a local constructi­on firm, lost power as it travelled down the steep road, locally known as Hill Head.

The tractor apparently careered to the right across the oncoming carriagewa­y

Damage to pensioner’s garden before mounting a kerb. It then travelled across a green area, ploughed through the pensioner’s front garden wall before coming to a halt just feet from the small local authority bungalow.

Neighbours were left shocked and concerned for the elderly resident, in her 70s, who lives alone at Lisowen Avenue, just a five-minute walk from

Buncrana town centre. She was seen by two public health nurses shortly after the accident.

Neighbours said she heard a loud bang at the time of the crash but was unhurt.

However, she regularly stands at her front pillar to chat to neighbours and is said to be shocked and worried following the accident.

One local resident said: “It’s a miracle nobody was killed. The tractor could Vehicle stopped feet from house have gone into the front of the house and there could have been children or anyone walking in front of the house when it happened. It’s terrible.”

Just a short time before the shocking incident the nearby road would have been much busier with school and commuter traffic.

Employees of the constructi­on company quickly worked to free the tractor.

It is understood the driver escaped uninjured.

It could have gone into the front of the house. It’s terrible

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