A MAN has been arrested after a car crashed into a wall in Rowley Regis.

The 43-year-old was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and taking a vehicle without consent after the crash in Dudley Road.

It happened at 7.36pm last night (Sunday May 8) with the car crossing the footpath and demolishing the front wall of a house.

The car ended up flipped on its side. Police and firefighters were called to the scene.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and taking a vehicle without consent.

"He remains in police custody for questioning."

Dudley Fire Station tweeted that the people in the car suffered minor injuries.