A HULL family have told how a man was left fighting for his life after a car smashed through the wall of a pub during a funeral wake.
Barry King, 48, was mourning the death of his partner's grandfather Harry Parks with friends and family when a Vauxhall Tigra crashed through the wall of The Holderness pub in Witham on Friday night.
Mr King's heart stopped and his partner Diane Green and pub regular Pete Brown had to perform CPR until paramedics arrived to rush him to Hull Royal Infirmary.
Ms Green, 42, said: "Baz and I were sitting down, about to ring for a taxi to go home, when there was a massive bang and we were both catapulted out of our seats onto the floor.
"I turned around and saw a car and then I saw Baz's lifeless body on the floor – I touched him and he was freezing.
"I put my cheek to his face and he wasn't breathing and he didn't have a pulse.
"A man, who I didn't know, came over and started giving Baz CPR and we took it in turns until he started breathing.
"I kept whispering in his ear, telling him not to die on me."
Paramedics raced to the pub and transported Mr King to Hull Royal Infirmary, where he is currently being treated for his injuries.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE: The Holderness pub after the crash.Ms Green, who lives with Mr King in Medina Road, east Hull, said: "He has some soft tissue damage to his right calf and we are waiting for the results of a brain scan.
"He has been ever so lucky – we all have.
"My granddad must have been watching over us that day. If the car had smashed into the wall just ten minutes earlier, all my family were sitting there including my mum.
"I dread to think what could have happened."
Ms Green's sister Amy was outside The Holderness pub, shortly before 11pm, with her husband Rich when she noticed the car hurtling towards them.
Amy, 29, said: "I heard this really loud screeching.
"I saw a car come out of a car parking space. It then hit a wall and came spinning towards us at some speed.
"I thought 'Oh my God, that's going to hit us.' All I can say was it was like the tram crash episode in Coronation Street, it was unreal.
"We quickly managed to get out of the way and that was when I heard this massive bang.
"I knew the car had hit the wall but I didn't know it had actually gone through it.
"I tried to get inside the pub but my sister's son pushed me out of the door and told me 'Don't go in there, Baz is dead'."
Dave and Linda Stark, landlord and landlady of The Holderness, said the pub is expected to be closed for at least a month after Friday night's crash.
Mr Stark said: "We feel sick to our stomachs with the whole thing. We are just relieved everyone is going to be OK."
Mr Stark said surveyors have been called out to inspect the damage.
He said: "Who knows how much damage this has actually caused."
Humberside Police confirmed a woman had been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following the crash.
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