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| One dead after car crashes into Costa Coffee branch in Kent | |
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| One person has died and several people have been injured after a car crashed into a cafe in Kent, an ambulance spokeswoman said. | |
| The black Audi ploughed into the branch of Costa Coffee in market square, Westerham, at about 10.30am on Christmas Eve. | The black Audi ploughed into the branch of Costa Coffee in market square, Westerham, at about 10.30am on Christmas Eve. |
| A spokeswoman for South East Coast ambulance service said: “There appear to be a number of patients with potentially serious injuries.” | A spokeswoman for South East Coast ambulance service said: “There appear to be a number of patients with potentially serious injuries.” |
| A photograph taken by a witness showed the Audi had smashed through a side window of the cafe on London Road. Bridget Rowe, who lives on the next corner, told the Sevenoaks Chronicle the crash sounded “like a bomb had gone off”. | A photograph taken by a witness showed the Audi had smashed through a side window of the cafe on London Road. Bridget Rowe, who lives on the next corner, told the Sevenoaks Chronicle the crash sounded “like a bomb had gone off”. |
| WESTERHAM: An Audi car has crashed into Costa at Market Square. Several people reportedly injured. Road closed. pic.twitter.com/EVgjT17Qb4 | WESTERHAM: An Audi car has crashed into Costa at Market Square. Several people reportedly injured. Road closed. pic.twitter.com/EVgjT17Qb4 |
| A shopworker, who did not want to be named but was left shaken by the crash, said: “It sounded horrendous. You don’t know what something is when you first hear it. It happened at around 10.30 – it’s still too shocking. The whole road has been closed off. I just want to get out of here now.” | A shopworker, who did not want to be named but was left shaken by the crash, said: “It sounded horrendous. You don’t know what something is when you first hear it. It happened at around 10.30 – it’s still too shocking. The whole road has been closed off. I just want to get out of here now.” |
| A shopkeeper said an elderly man was driving and that a woman was in the passenger seat. Both were trapped when the car drove into the shop, she said. | |
| The woman, who did not want to be named, said she rushed outside her shop to see what had happened after hearing a loud bang. “There was just an enormous gust of wind and I thought it was that, and then we all went out thinking something had fallen over and it was a vehicle in the coffee shop,” she said. | |
| “It’s been a busy day and the town’s quite subdued at the moment. There’s two helicopters circling overhead and the road is still closed.” | |
| Several ambulances and at least two fire engines were at the scene, according to witnesses. | Several ambulances and at least two fire engines were at the scene, according to witnesses. |
| Someone has just driven a car straight into costa coffee in Westerham. Madness. pic.twitter.com/Rs0jwhnlFH | Someone has just driven a car straight into costa coffee in Westerham. Madness. pic.twitter.com/Rs0jwhnlFH |
| A police spokesman said: ‘Kent police were called at 10.32am on December 24 to reports a car had collided with a property in The Green, Westerham. | A police spokesman said: ‘Kent police were called at 10.32am on December 24 to reports a car had collided with a property in The Green, Westerham. |
| “Police officers, South East Coast ambulance service and Kent fire and rescue service are at the scene and there are several reported injuries. The road has been closed.” | “Police officers, South East Coast ambulance service and Kent fire and rescue service are at the scene and there are several reported injuries. The road has been closed.” |