Motorist escapes plunging 20ft into garden after colliding with stone wall
A FLOOKBURGH motorist escaped a 20ft plunge into a garden after crashing into a stone wall.
The 21-year-old woman went off the road at Lindale Road on the B5277, Grange, at around 9.40pm last night.
Police said the green BMW Mini Cooper she was driving collided with a wall, which stopped her plunging 20ft into a private garden.
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The driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken hand.
There is a main gas supply on the garden side of the wall and National Grid had to check and cut the gas supply as a precaution before the vehicle could be moved.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact PC Mark Turner at Cumbria police on 101.
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