Man dies after car crashes into house in Peterborough

A man has died after a car crashed into a house in Peterborough earlier this month (May 17).

A 40-year-old man has passed away in hospital after the car he was driving crashed into a house on Paston Ridings in Paston.

The incident happened just after 6pm and the car crashed into stationary vehicles and then through the front window of the house.

The man taken to hospital with serious injuries at the time of the incident. He then passed away on Sunday (May 24).

The property on Paston Ridings.placeholder image
The property on Paston Ridings.

A man and women in their 70s were also taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The man has since been released and the woman is still receiving treatment. She is in a serious, but not life-threatening, condition.

Officers have appealed for information and dashcam footage from anyone who may have witnessed the collision or the vehicle in the time leading up to it.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact police online at www.cambs.police.uk/report quoting Operation Perranwell.

Those without internet access should call 101.

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