Not again! was the thought of a shocked homeowner after two vehicles ploughed through their property in the space of just one week.<\/p>\n
The incidents happened on a bad corner on the A444 in the tiny hamlet of Acresford near Donisthorpe and Overseal in May 1982.<\/p>\n
The first incident on a Thursday morning involved a car carrying three people from the Tamworth area which ploughed through the dining room of Mick and Hazel Underwood after leaving the road.<\/p>\n
All of the occupants of the vehicle escaped without serious injury.<\/p>\n
Following this crash, the Underwood family, including their five-year-old son William, went to stay with family in Castle Bromwich for the weekend.<\/p>\n
When they returned on Monday morning they found a cement tanker in their garden after the lorry had left the road and ploughed through a garage, which had purposely been built as a buffer in case such an accident occurred.<\/p>\n
The lorry was driven by a man from Albert Village who was described as having a lucky escape after he was thrown through the windscreen of the truck cab suffering just minor cuts and bruises.<\/p>\n
Eye witness Pamela Pizzey of Cricket Cottage said: I was in the bedroom at the time doing my hair and I heard this screeching. I shot to the window and saw the lorry screeching towards the fence.<\/p>\n
Speaking in 1982, homeowner Mick Underwood, age 39, said: It has just about ruined us. My wife said she would certainly not return after Thursdays accident and she will never return now.<\/p>\n
Im pleased in a way because it strengthens my case about the dangers of the corner. But I wont be coming back it would be like playing Russian roulette.<\/p>\n
Following the incidents, villagers pressed for extensive road improvements on the bend to reduce the dangers.<\/p>\n
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