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Daniel Defalco & Abigail O'Leary

Car smashes halfway through the inside of village pub and completely destroys wall

A car smashed into a village pub leaving the driver injured and a Grade II listed building badly damaged.

The incident saw the blue Mercedes veer off the road and through the Bell Inn, near Newmarket, just before 1pm on Monday, May 29.

Police officers and ambulance crews attended the scene and found the vehicle embedded into the wall of the pub.

Images from the scene show the front of the pub almost entirely destroyed, with debris piling up inside.

The car's driver, a female, was treated for minor injuries.

The wreckage to the front of the building (Sheena Parsons)

The pub was not open at the time and nobody inside was injured, reports Suffolk Live.

Newmarket Road in Kennett was closed for vehicle recovery to take place and reopened at 3.22pm.

The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building and has been so since 1951. The pub will remain closed until at least the end of this week.

Earlier this year a house dramatically collapsed on top of a car after the wayward vehicle smashed into it, with a woman miraculously walking free - before being arrested for drink driving.

The building in Manchester was hit and a number of nearby properties were evacuated on January 5.

Pictures from the scene showed the street covered in rubble.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said a car collided with a house causing "significant structural damage".

It added the driver of the car "freed herself from the car prior to crews" and was treated at the scene by paramedics.

Locals in Ashton-under-Lyne said the same building had already been struck back in September and had been damaged when another car ploughed into it.

Alan Fish, who owns an electric shop near the collapsed property, said he was in the store just five minutes before the incident tonight.

Speaking to the M.E.N at the scene, Alan, who lives just across the road and rents a flat above the shop, said: "I was in the shop just five minutes before and went home to go in my garage - then I heard this loud bang. I couldn't believe it had happened again.

"It took seven weeks for the insurance to accept liability the first time and the shop has been boarded up ever since. I haven't opened since and am looking to retire, so have been selling various things on eBay.

"My daughter was ringing me and came down worried because she knew I'd been in the shop just minutes before and was worried I was inside. I was in the room at the back.

"I can't believe the speed in which people drive down this road. People are always speeding and running through red lights."

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