Family's 'lucky escape' after car ploughs through railings and into their back garden while children played - as driver, 31, is arrested

A family have been 'traumatised' after a vehicle hurdled through two fences into a back garden where their children were playing.

The petrifying incident occurred in the Brians Well Grove area of Poleglass in West Belfast on Saturday morning.

A grey Volkswagen swerved off a nearby roundabout before ploughing into the garden where a mother, her partner and children were having fun outside, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

A 31-year-old has since been arrested under suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs.

Ex-Lord Mayor of Belfast Danny Baker said the family had a 'lucky escape' whilst posting the disturbing scene to social media.

'This was a very lucky escape for a family in Poleglass as the car crashed through the railings and into their back garden while children were playing out the back,' The Sinn Fein MLA told Belfast Live.

'I will be following up on this with the Department for Infrastructure first thing on Monday morning. 

'I'll be calling for a site visit to go up and review this stretch of road and make sure all safety measures, such as crash barriers, are put in place to prevent this from happening again.'

One relative took to social media to also post a snap of the aftermath, thanking 'God' that their family was not injured.

They penned: 'Thank God all are okay although it was a very traumatic experience for the whole family.'

A fence belonging to a neighbouring resident was also impacted, according to the publication.

The neighbour explained the vehicle ended up in between two gardens, with adults and children in both. 

MailOnline has approached the Police Service of Northern Ireland for comment.