A car being pursued by police almost hit a child when it came off a road and ploughed straight into the front of homes near a pub. Shocked residents in High Street, Greenhithe, opened their front door on Saturday night to find a car blocking their exit. Barmaid Ashlea Frost was working at The Pier pub when she heard a loud bang outside and then screaming. She says the car came to rest just a short distance away from a family who had just left the pub and could have easily been hit. “We heard a child screaming and we went outside,” she said. “The car was literally inches from hitting the child….
