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| Spice Cottage in Whaplode damaged in lorry crash | Spice Cottage in Whaplode damaged in lorry crash |
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| A restaurant has been extensively damaged by an articulated lorry that left a road and smashed into it. | A restaurant has been extensively damaged by an articulated lorry that left a road and smashed into it. |
| Police said no customers at Spice Cottage were hurt and the 69-year-old driver escaped with minor injuries. | Police said no customers at Spice Cottage were hurt and the 69-year-old driver escaped with minor injuries. |
| One man tweeted the damage to the restaurant in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, was "proper carnage". | One man tweeted the damage to the restaurant in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, was "proper carnage". |
| High Road was closed for about seven-and-a-half hours after the crash, which happened at 21:00 BST on Monday. | High Road was closed for about seven-and-a-half hours after the crash, which happened at 21:00 BST on Monday. |
| 'Gaping hole' | 'Gaping hole' |
| Terry Johnson, a Long Sutton resident who saw the damage, said it looked "like a bomb has hit it". | Terry Johnson, a Long Sutton resident who saw the damage, said it looked "like a bomb has hit it". |
| "It used to be the The Star [a pub] and where the main bar used to be is a gaping hole," he said. | "It used to be the The Star [a pub] and where the main bar used to be is a gaping hole," he said. |
| "It looks really bad. It's just a good job there weren't nobody injured, because at that time of night you would have thought the restaurant would have been busy." | "It looks really bad. It's just a good job there weren't nobody injured, because at that time of night you would have thought the restaurant would have been busy." |
| Manager Rumel Miah said it would take time to assess the cost of the damage. | Manager Rumel Miah said it would take time to assess the cost of the damage. |
| "It is going to be closed for a long while I think, so it is going to have a big effect on our business," he said. | |
| Restaurant worker Anwar Sadat said it was lucky the last customers had just left and staff managed to run out of the way. | Restaurant worker Anwar Sadat said it was lucky the last customers had just left and staff managed to run out of the way. |
| He said: "I heard a screeching and saw this lorry coming towards us. | He said: "I heard a screeching and saw this lorry coming towards us. |
| "I just ran out of the way. It was frightening really." | "I just ran out of the way. It was frightening really." |
| Workers from South Holland District Council were at the site throughout the day on Tuesday to fix a small gas leak and make the building structurally safe. | Workers from South Holland District Council were at the site throughout the day on Tuesday to fix a small gas leak and make the building structurally safe. |
| A water main was also damaged in the crash. | A water main was also damaged in the crash. |
| The circumstances of the crash are under investigation and witnesses are being asked to contact police. | The circumstances of the crash are under investigation and witnesses are being asked to contact police. |