'I heard a big screech and a bang that sounded like a hand grenade'... shocked couple speak of moment a car crashed into their front room

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A couple have been left "unable to stop shaking" after a car crashed into their front room as they were relaxing at home.

Carl Jackson had got up to make a cup of coffee while his wife was upstairs when a Mini smashed into his Hindley living room last week.

The 49-year-old, who is unemployed due to illness, said: "I was sitting on the sofa watching a film on TV. "I just got up to make a cup of coffee and I heard someone slamming on, a big screech and then a loud bang that sounded like a hand grenade. "It was the biggest bang ever.

I have never heard anything like it." Running to the front room, only 12 foot away, Mr Jackson says he saw his front window in