The driver of a grey Vauxhall Astra “travelling way too fast” on Tithe Barn Lane in Woodhouse at around 3pm on Saturday narrowly missed a woman who was gardening when they smashed into an outer wall before driving away from the scene.
The owner of the property which was left damaged, Mark Thomason, said his daughter had been left shaken following the incident but was not injured.
He told The Star: “I heard the screech of the breaks then an almighty bang.
“This is a 200-year-old wall. I think the driver moved three quarters of a tonne of sandstone and pushed it into my garden.”
Mark, who has lived in the property next door to St James Church since 2002, said the driver returned to the scene and drove past “at speed but calm as you like.”
“The wall is a write-off,” he continued, “two metres of it has pushed into the garden.
“If anyone had been walking on the pavement they would be in the mortuary right now.”
