Crashed out: the driver and a passenger were seen fleeing from the scene after they crashed their car into a house on Portland Road on Monday night. Photograph: Ashley Mills
PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE by ASHLEY MILLS
A man from Dagenham has been charged after driving a car into a residential house on Portland Road, South Norwood, at around 11.30pm on Monday following a high-speed police chase.
Two men were seen running from the scene. The police caught one man on nearby Grasmere Road. There were at least six police vehicles and an ambulance at the scene, 353 Portland Road.
Arrests made: at least six police vehicles and an ambulance were at the scene on Portland Road
A police car had been in pursuit of the 2026 black Hyundai Tucson when it swerved off the road, and as our photographs show, ended up on the property’s external wall.
Several people were inside the house when the car crashed into it, though there are no reports of any injuries.
Scotland Yard released this statement to Inside Croydon: “Christiano Zampieri, 37 (28.07.1989), of Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, was charged on Tuesday October 27 with failing to provide a breath sample, failing to stop for police, driving without insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.”
Zampieri has been released on bail to appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on November 20.
According to the police, “He was arrested on Monday October 26 following a police pursuit that began at around 23:30hrs on Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, after a car failed to stop for officers. The car then collided with a building on Portland Road.”
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