Eight people have been hospitalised after a car crashed into a care home in Sunderland.
The crash, at Highcliffe Care Home in Witherwack, Sunderland, happened at around 9.40pm on Wednesday.
Dramatic images from the scene showed a BMW saloon car on a bank of grass by the side of the home - with a gaping hole left in one of its walls.
Furniture and residents' belongings could be seen outside in the aftermath of the crash.
The car appears to have veered off Wembley Road into the care home
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While further images appear to show a ceiling having fallen into the ground floor of the home.
The North East Ambulance Service, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and Northumbria Police all attended the scene last night.
And now, a spokesman for the former has said: "We received a call at 9.41pm on Wednesday, July 9, to reports of a vehicle colliding into a premises in the Whitechurch Road area of Sunderland.
"We dispatched three emergency ambulance crews, a specialist paramedic, a duty officer, a clinical team leader, three crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team, our tactical advisor, our tactical commander, and two crews from our patient transport service to the scene.
"We assisted with the evacuation of residents at the property and eight patients were conveyed to hospital."