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| Three injured after car hits shop | Three injured after car hits shop |
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| Three people have been taken to hospital after a car smashed into a Glasgow city centre shop window. | Three people have been taken to hospital after a car smashed into a Glasgow city centre shop window. |
| The driver of a silver Toyota Yaris appeared to lose control before crashing into the side of the Littlewoods store on Cambridge Street. | The driver of a silver Toyota Yaris appeared to lose control before crashing into the side of the Littlewoods store on Cambridge Street. |
| A nearby Greggs baker's shop was also damaged in the crash. | |
| Strathclyde Police said three passers-by were being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary after suffering "superficial" injuries. | Strathclyde Police said three passers-by were being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary after suffering "superficial" injuries. |
| A spokesman for the force said its officers were speaking to the female driver of the car, who is not thought to have been injured. | A spokesman for the force said its officers were speaking to the female driver of the car, who is not thought to have been injured. |
| There were a lot of people around, it was very frightening. Some of the people around me started to run down the road Kirsteen LawrieWitness | |
| No-one else is thought to have been in the car at the time. | |
| A police spokeswoman said: "A car crashed into a shop window on Cambridge Street at around 9am this morning. It appears it has lost control. | A police spokeswoman said: "A car crashed into a shop window on Cambridge Street at around 9am this morning. It appears it has lost control. |
| "Three people have been taken to hospital with superficial injuries." | "Three people have been taken to hospital with superficial injuries." |
| Witnesses said the Toyota crashed into the Littlewoods store before reversing at high speed in a semi-circle into the Greggs bakers next door. | |
| The entire glass panel at the front of the shop had been smashed by the impact of the crash and part of its frame damaged. | |
| One of the windows at the Littlewoods store had also been smashed and displaced light panels dangled from the ceiling. | |
| Crowds gathered on either side of Cambridge Street, which was cordoned off by police. | |
| Kirsteen Lawrie, 31, who works in the bank across the road, said she was standing outside with other staff when the accident happened. | |
| 'Very shaken' | |
| She said: "The car hit the Littlewoods window and I saw there was a woman lying underneath. | |
| "The car then seemed to go in a semi-circle and reversed right back into the bakers. | |
| "There were a lot of people around, it was very frightening. Some of the people around me started to run down the road. | |
| "I dialled 999 and I saw some people helping the woman who was under the car." | |
| Andy Smeall, 24, who works at a nearby hotel, added: "I heard this loud noise and when I went out I saw a car reversing back at speed. | |
| "The driver stayed in the car but then some guys got her out and sat her down." | |
| One worker returning to Greggs said: "We're very shaken." | |
| The vehicle was later loaded onto a recovery truck and taken from the scene at 1030 BST. | The vehicle was later loaded onto a recovery truck and taken from the scene at 1030 BST. |
| Police officers removed their cordon and reopened Cambridge Street a short time later. | Police officers removed their cordon and reopened Cambridge Street a short time later. |