A MUM came close to death when a car crashed into her garden in Worcester.

Kate Harrison, aged 53, had just arrived home from choir practice at 9.45pm on Monday November 19 when she heard a loud screeching as she was searching for her house key.

She looked up to see a car speeding along East Comer and the driver then lost control and smashed into the fence of her garden on the corner of Dolphin Close.

Ms Harrison said: “The car missed me by about a metre. It was absolutely terrifying.

"People talk about being rooted to the spot and it’s true – I just couldn’t move. I just stood there and watched this car drive towards me.

“My legs started going from under me. Bits of the fence actually hit me as they came flying off.”

There were three young people in the car, Ms Harrison said.

“The driver got out to check I was still in one piece," she said. "He kept apologising and asking if I was hurt. He gave me a hug and said everything will be alright. I was just standing there thinking 'what is going on?'”

She said that as her neighbours were coming outside to see what the commotion was, the driver fled in the car, a red hatchback which was believes was a Peugeot 107.

“Through the shock I knew I had to get the car's registration plate, however after all this I have forgotten it," she told the Worcester News. "I told the driver we needed to contact the police and he quickly got back into his car and drove off.

“Presumably there should be a smashed up red Peugeot 107 driving round now with lots of tree stuck to it.

“It makes it worse that the driver didn't stay. The police told me I can claim insurance off him to pay for all the damages. That sounds good and all, but when we don’t know who this man is, it will be hard to do.”

Ms Harrison's 15-year-old son, Gabriel, was awoken by the crash.

He said: “I heard screeching, some person shouting and then a loud bang. It sounded like it was right next to me.

“I ran to the bathroom window and saw all the damage. I didn’t see the car, it had gone by the time I had got there.”

Ms Harrison said she is not fit to drive at the moment and both her children, Gabriel and 13-year-old Amélie, had to take the following day off school due to them being in shock.

“I think it has been the hardest on Amélie hearing about it," she said. "She has been told her mum was almost taken out by a car and she has no experience to attach it to.

“When I stop feeling numb, I think I am going to be really angry.

“The only upside to all this is that the car didn’t hit me, but it was so close.

“The man that almost drove into me should be made to come and sort this mess out.”

Nobody at West Mercia Police was available to comment on the investigation into the crash, when contacted by the Worcester News.