Police were today hunting the driver of a car which smashed into the front of a house in Dudley Close, Chafford Hundred, last night.

The Nissan driver received slight injuries to his hand and mouth, but then fled.

Police are trying to trace him.

A spokesman for the Essex Fire and Rescue Service said: "The woman of the house was rendered homeless for the night.

"The car smashed through the wall and bay window."

Published Thursday, December 12, 2002

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