Pictures show fatal Gosport crash scene where car hit house as residents recall 'horror'

Residents have described their “horror” and hearing an “almighty bang” following the incident which saw a man in his 30s die when the silver Jaguar XKR he was driving on Gregson Avenue crashed at around 8.20am on Thursday (October 17).

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Mystery surrounds the crash that has haunted the Bridgemary community, which chillingly took place close to where Levi Kent was murdered last year.

Pictures from the crash scene reveal how the car broke through barriers on the Gregson Avenue bridge before flying down a slope and hitting a house adjacent to an alleyway at the end of a terraced row of houses. The person inside the property was unharmed.

Tyre marks and dislodged shrubbery were spotted at the scene with a bollard put up on the side of the garden where the car had crashed.

Residents have described the chaos that erupted at a time when many parents and their children were walking to school through the alleyway below Gregson Avenue. One resident said: “I suddenly heard an almighty bang. It’s very tragic. We don’t know why or what happened.”

Another local said: “It’s horrible what happened but it’s lucky no one else was hurt. Lots of children and their parents were walking to school along the path around the time.”

One local who was waiting at a bus stop said: “A lady came running over and was shouting that there had been an accident and how she was worried about her animals being hurt inside her house.

“There was a debris of bricks where the car hit the front garden. It was so shocking but it could have been worse with all the people that use the alleyway. Police cordoned off the whole area for the day. A lot of cars shoot over that bridge.”

A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson said on Friday: “An investigation is underway to understand the exact circumstances of the collision. As part of this, we are keen to hear from any witnesses who saw the Jaguar in the moments leading up to the collision, as it travelled along Wych Lane before turning onto Gregson Avenue at the roundabout, or the incident itself.

“In particular, we'd like to hear from anyone with dash-cam footage, or CCTV footage on that route. Anyone who can assist can call 101, quoting the reference 44240451466.”