BMW driver smashes into Edinburgh garden as terrified kids take cover in house
A driver ploughed through a Scots mum's and a neighbour's garden while her children took cover inside.
A BMW driver has ploughed into an Edinburgh garden as terrified kids take cover in their homes.
Yesterday evening, Shona Halliday was at her house in Dalkeith when a motorist"came through the fence to her garden".
Footage from the garden shows the BMW 3 series on the lawn, with damage to the front of the vehicle and the wooden fence crumpled underneath.
Shona and her neighbour both have 13-year-old boys, who she said "could have been out playing in the garden".
Officers have since arrested a 32-year-old driver, who is due to appear in court on July 2. Police have said no injuries were reported.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Shona said: "This happened at 9.05pm last night on Thornybank Grove.
"He drove into the Woodburn pavilion car park, then drove right through the boundary fence through my garden and through me and my neighbour's fence. Then was trying to reverse back out.
"Neighbour and a bystander got him out the car and held him till the police came. No one was hurt but myself and my neighbour has 13-year-old boys who could have been out in the garden, such a shock.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 9.05pm on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025, we received a report of a one vehicle crash on Thornybank Grove, Dalkeith.
'Officers attended, and no injuries were reported. The driver, a 32-year-old man, was arrested and charged in connection with a driving offence and is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 2 July, 20."
Earlier today, in a separate incident, we reported that two women have died in a horror crash on a busy Scots road, as another pensioner was airlifted to hospital.
Emergency crews rushed to the A98 near Enzie, Buckie, at around 12.30pm yesterday, Tuesday June 10, after receiving a report of a collision involving a Vauxhall Insignia and a Peugeot 2008.
Upon attendance the 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall and the 77-year-old female passenger of the Peugeot were pronounced dead at the scene.
The 77-year-old male driver of the Peugeot was taken by air ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where hospital staff describe his condition as serious but stable.
Sergeant Dave Cooper from the Road Policing Unit in Elgin said: 'Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the two women who died.
'An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing and we would appeal for anyone who witnessed the crash who has not already spoken to officers, or those who have any dashcam footage that may capture either vehicle prior to the collision, to please come forward.
'If you can assist the investigation, please contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident 1354 of 10 June.'
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