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Tractor smashes into terraced homes after crash

Ewan Gawne
BBC News, Manchester
Cheshire Police A yellow tractor lodged into the front of a house while pulling a red tanker. The whole brick facade of the property has been destroyed, with a sofa, bricks and curtain spilling out into the front garden. The scene has been taped off.Cheshire Police
Those inside the house were found safe and well after the crash

A tractor pulling a large tanker smashed into two terraced houses after a crash, destroying the front of the building, police have said.

The crash, which also involved a car, happened at about 06:36 BST on the A51 Vicars Cross Road in Chester.

While both drivers were taken to hospital as a precaution, neither was seriously injured, a Cheshire Police spokesman said.

The residents of the affected homes are "safe and well", he added.

Images of the crash show furniture strewn across front gardens, with the tractor lodged between the two houses.

Vicars Cross Road has been shut in both directions after the collision, which happened near the Pearl Lane junction.

Drivers have been told to avoid the area, with road closures expected to remain in place for several hours.

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