Horrified neighbours screamed 'he's going again' as a lorry driver deliberately rammed a HGV into an East Kilbride home on Monday evening.
Terrified residents watched in horror as the lorry ploughed into the front of the house in Lancaster Crescent, not once but twice, around 11.25pm.
Video footage shows the large Eddie Stobart lorry quickly reverse into the front door as a loud crushing sound can be heard.
After the first hit, the driver goes back again and slams into the house for a second time before he manoeuvres out of the street and speeds off.
Neighbours filming the incident can be heard screaming to call the police as the driver makes a getaway.
One eyewitness said: "I was in the bedroom with my wife, relaxing.
"When I heard the first big bang. I thought my car had been hit - as it sounded so close, so I looked outside and saw the HGV.
"Then I figured a crime might be happening, so I took out my phone and started recording.
"After he left, I and my wife ran out to help the victims."
Other residents in the street also ran towards the scene and desperately tried to rescue children from the property as glass and debris scattered the area.
Another eyewitness told the Record children had to be saved from the backdoor window after the HGV destroyed the front of the home.
He said: “I heard the noise and I said to my son 'what was that?'
“He looked out the window and said it was an Eddie Stobart truck. I thought it was trying to go down the road or something.
“When I went out and seen it he had already reversed into the house so I thought he was having parking issues or something.
“But he then pulled out and reversed into the house again.
“By that point the full street was out and were trying to get the kids out of the back window.
“It sounded like he had hit a car and when he pulled away there was glass and that all over the street.
“The house was starting to fall down. He definitely knew what he was doing - he then went flying out of the street.
“He knew how to drive a Lorry.
“The police and fire engines were all out after that and there was loads of shouting. It was mad.”
One neighbour added: "It sounded like a bin lorry or something. It sounded like crashing and I could hear loud bangs. I seen the police everywhere and the road was all cordoned off.
"It is such a shame. We were worried in case the kids in the house were hurt."
Cops are treating the incident as a deliberate attack and remained on the scene on Tuesday as the house was cordoned off.
Luckily no-one was injured in the horror crash but the house has sustained extensive damage.
A heavy goods HGV thought to be involved in the attack was later found abandoned by cops at a nearby Lidl supermarket three miles down the road.
Fire fighters could be seen climbing a ladder to examine the roof of the vehicle before clearing bricks - similar to those of the house - off of the lorry.
A Police Scotland Spokesperson said: "An investigation is under way after a lorry was deliberately driven into a house in Lancaster Crescent on Monday 6 September 2021.
“Police were notified around 11.25pm. No-one was injured in the incident.
"The building has sustained extensive damage and local residents were evacuated as a precaution.
"Enquires are ongoing."
A spokesperson for Stobart Energy said: “Stobart Energy is aware of an incident involving an agency driver and one of its vehicles. The Company is actively supporting the police investigation.”
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