HOUSEHOLDERS got the fright of their lives tonight after a car crashed into their house in Felixstowe town centre.A taxi went through the garden fence of the detached property on the corner of Cobbold Road and Princes Road after swerving to avoid a car coming out of a junction.

HOUSEHOLDERS got the fright of their lives tonight after a car crashed into their house in Felixstowe town centre.

A taxi went through the garden fence of the detached property on the corner of Cobbold Road and Princes Road after swerving to avoid a car coming out of a junction.

The cars were in collision but the taxi, which had been travelling down Cobbold Road towards Garrison Lane after picking up a fare in Hamilton Road, also collided with the property.

It is understood no-one was seriously injured in the incident, which happened around 5pm.

See tomorrow night's Evening Star for full story and pictures.