Concerned residents have called for new speed calming measures on a road set to be included on the route for the Olympic Torch in Newport after a car ploughed through a wall.
The silver Rover vehicle smashed into a garden wall on the junction of Broadway and Stafford Road at about 1am on Monday.
The car mounted the pavement, knocking over a road sign and trees before finally coming to rest witha shattered windscreen.
The scene of the crash is near a school crossing and will form part of the route for the Olympic Torch procession on May 30.
Now Sylvia and John Hayward, who own the property, have called for action after claiming motorists regularly travel in excess of the speed limit in the... read more