"It was like an earthquake": Families speak of their shock after ASDA lorry crashes into their houses

Two mums have spoken of their horror after a huge ASDA lorry smashed into the front of their houses. They said it was just pure luck no one was injured as work got underway determine if the two family homes are safe to stay in after the drama in Bolton this morning (Tuesday).

The articulated lorry had driven up Napier Drive in Horwich after the driver's sat-nav told him he was able to get through to Chorley New Road, locals said, when it is in fact a cul-de-sac blocked by bollards at one end.

The HGV then backed into two semi-detached properties as it tried to turn in the road causing suspected structural damage police said. ASDA have apologised and say they are "working to help fix the damage as soon as possible.”

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Two mums who were inside the houses with their kids at the time have told the Manchester Evening News they were left terrified following the smash, which left the back of the lorry embedded in the wall of their downstairs bathrooms, and them fearing their homes may collapse as a result.

One, aged 32, who did not want to be named was at home with her kids aged 10 and five. "The driver knocked on my door initially and asked if the dad of my kids, who had come to pick them up, could move his car which was parked outside which he said he would and my kids were at the window watching this massive articulated HGV" she said.

"Their dad then sent them upstairs and I was sitting at my computer working when it happened. At first, I thought a chest of drawers must have fallen onto the kids or something it was just an almighty crash. The whole house just shuddered. It was like an earthquake.