By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:58 EST, 16 January 2014 . A 28-year-old woman has described the terrifying moment a speeding car fleeing police officers ploughed into her house as she slept. She was in bed at her semi-detached property in Leeds, West Yorkshire, when the BMW skipped over a grass verge and smashed into her front room at 2am yesterday. The car had been driving off from a police vehicle that had signalled for it to stop. The woman said she heard sirens, shouting and running - and the noise was 'like being woken up by an earthquake'. Crash: The 28-year-old woman was in bed at her semi-detached property in Leeds, West Yorkshire, when the BMW smashed into it at 2am yesterday . Night and day: The car had been driving off from a police vehicle in Leeds that had signalled for it to stop . The woman, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I was asleep in bed when I . heard this big smashing sound. 'The house had been broken into recently, . so my first thought was "someone is in . the house and they have just smashed something downstairs". 'It was only . when I heard a police officer shouting outside I realised it was . something else.’ Her boyfriend, Neil O’Malley, who was not in the house at the time, said: ‘She said it was like being woken up by an earthquake - except with lots of shouting and running. ‘It was so surreal that if it wasn’t for the following police sirens, she might have thought she was still in a strange dream.’ He added that the house might need some proper structural work but the full extent of the damage would not be known until they did more investigations. Scene: The BMW 5 Series vehicle had lost control, skipping over a grass verge and missing a tree by inches . Boarded up: The woman, who asked not to be named, said she heard sirens, shouting and running . The BMW 5 Series car had lost control, skipping over a verge and missing a tree by inches. The woman, who rents the house, added: ‘It was quite an ordeal. I couldn’t believe what happened.  Nothing has been damaged inside the house but the whole outside is a mess.’ 'I was asleep in bed when I heard this big smashing sound' Woman, 28 . A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: ‘At about 2.25am a BMW car crashed into the front of a house after driving off from a police vehicle that had signalled for it to stop shortly before. ‘A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle. He was taken to hospital for a check-up and later discharged and is currently in police custody. ‘A 28-year-old woman, who was the sole occupant of the property, was uninjured. The vehicle has been recovered from the scene. Significant damage was caused to a bay window at property and the structure is being assessed.’
She was in bed at home in Leeds when the BMW smashed into it at 2am .
Car had been driving away from police vehicle that signalled for it to stop .
Unnamed woman, 28, said noise was 'like being woken up by earthquake'
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:58 EST, 16 January 2014 . A 28-year-old woman has described the terrifying moment a speeding car fleeing police officers ploughed into her house as she slept. She was in bed at her semi-detached property in Leeds, West Yorkshire, when the BMW skipped over a grass verge and smashed into her front room at 2am yesterday. The car had been driving off from a police vehicle that had signalled for it to stop. The woman said she heard sirens, shouting and running - and the noise was 'like being woken up by an earthquake'. Crash: The 28-year-old woman was in bed at her semi-detached property in Leeds, West Yorkshire, when the BMW smashed into it at 2am yesterday . Night and day: The car had been driving off from a police vehicle in Leeds that had signalled for it to stop . The woman, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I was asleep in bed when I . heard this big smashing sound. 'The house had been broken into recently, . so my first thought was "someone is in . the house and they have just smashed something downstairs". 'It was only . when I heard a police officer shouting outside I realised it was . something else.’ Her boyfriend, Neil O’Malley, who was not in the house at the time, said: ‘She said it was like being woken up by an earthquake - except with lots of shouting and running. ‘It was so surreal that if it wasn’t for the following police sirens, she might have thought she was still in a strange dream.’ He added that the house might need some proper structural work but the full extent of the damage would not be known until they did more investigations. Scene: The BMW 5 Series vehicle had lost control, skipping over a grass verge and missing a tree by inches . Boarded up: The woman, who asked not to be named, said she heard sirens, shouting and running . The BMW 5 Series car had lost control, skipping over a verge and missing a tree by inches. The woman, who rents the house, added: ‘It was quite an ordeal. I couldn’t believe what happened.  Nothing has been damaged inside the house but the whole outside is a mess.’ 'I was asleep in bed when I heard this big smashing sound' Woman, 28 . A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: ‘At about 2.25am a BMW car crashed into the front of a house after driving off from a police vehicle that had signalled for it to stop shortly before. ‘A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle. He was taken to hospital for a check-up and later discharged and is currently in police custody. ‘A 28-year-old woman, who was the sole occupant of the property, was uninjured. The vehicle has been recovered from the scene. Significant damage was caused to a bay window at property and the structure is being assessed.’
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