JOYRIDERS MAKE FAMILY HOMELESS
Yobs rush from scene after crashing into house
A FAMILY have been left homeless after a car ploughed into their house.
A blue BMW 4x4 crashed into the property in Kirkcaldy before two men got out of the vehicle and fled the scene.
The house was badly damaged by the impact and deemed unsafe, forcing Sharon Herd and sons Calum, seven, five-year-old Kai and Mason, two – who were not home – to move out.
Sharon, 31, said: “I had been up at my mum’s house that morning as I care for her and just happened to be getting the kids ready for school there.
“The car drove into the street and crashed into my house at full force.
“It smashed through the side of my house where my stairs and downstairs toilet are.
“Had we been home, myself or my kids would have been hit as they all get ready for school in that toilet.
“My neighbour called me to see if we were home and I arrived there 10 minutes later to ambulances, fire services and police everywhere.”
The incident was captured on a neighbour’s Ring doorbell camera and shows the luxury motor drive at speed into the house before two men clamber from the wreckage and run off.
Stunned neighbours can be seen coming out of their homes and shouting at the pair. Sharon and her children are living in her mum’s house and have been unable to return to the council property, even to collect their belongings.
Fears that the building could collapse also forced Sharon’s next-door neighbours to leave their home.
It’s unclear when the family will be able to return.
Fife Council offered them emergency accommodation at a B&B but two of Sharon’s sons have autism and wouldn’t be able to cope in a cramped room together.
She said: “I have no belongings for myself or my children as everything I own is in the house.
“The council took the keys and the locks were changed to stop anyone getting in.
“Fife Council wanted to place us in a B&B but my sons have autism so they wouldn’t settle in a small room and would possibly destroy it during meltdowns.
“They have now offered me a two-bed house temporarily but it won’t be ready for some time yet so I am sleeping on my mother’s living room floor with my three children.
“My two eldest boys are autistic and rely on routine. This has devastated them.”
Sharon, a full-time carer to her mum and children, added: “Not knowing what has been damaged inside our home is difficult for them to deal with.”
Officers say a probe into the smash is under way.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Officers received a report of a car having struck a property on Clarimalt Drive in Kirkcaldy.
“No-one was injured as a result of the crash and inquiries into the incident are ongoing.”