THE owners of a Tattershall care home are furious after being told they are responsible for removing a car which smashed into their fence and was abandoned on Friday night, February 26.
According to Bonnie Mercer, who has owned Bramhall Residential Home with her family for 11 years, this was the fourth time a vehicle has crashed in to their property on a bend of Butt's Lane known by locals as 'doctors corner'.
But this time, beca
use the car was not considered by police to be an obstruction and was fully on the home's property, it was not removed, and has been left for them to deal with.
"It beggars belief," explained Bonnie who said the elderly residents were scared by the loud bang from the crash but were even more concerned about their messed up garden.
She said: "We have had to pay thousands of pounds over the years because of the damage caused by vehicles crashing into the fence. The police said they could not remove the vehicle because it was not an obstruction. It is ridiculous and somebody could have been badly hurt of killed."
Two fence panels were knocked down and a protected tree was uprooted when the Renault Laguna Saloon crashed at around 10pm.
The car's occupant(s) fled the scene and police are appealing for witnesses to the incident.
Bonnie was concerned about the security risk and said pupils from Gartree Community School located opposite were jumping on the car and entering the garden.
The home managed to find the details in the car of the owner's insurance details in order for them to organise its removal on Monday.
However, in the process another fence panel was knocked over and more trees were damaged.
A spokesman for Lincolnshire police said three people had been arrested in relation to the incident and were later released without charge.
Bonnie said they would be appealing to Lincolnshire County Council's Highways department to make the corner where the crash took place more safe.
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