Stunned drinkers tell of pub smash terror
Stunned pub-goers have spoken of the terrifying moment a car came crashing through the walls of a Black Country bar, missing them by inches.Stunned pub-goers have spoken of the terrifying moment a car came crashing through the walls of a Black Country bar, missing them by inches. See also: Photos: pub demolished by car crash Around 100 people were enjoying a night out in The Railway, in Pedmore Road, Lye, in Dudley, when the vehicle ploughed through the front wall into the bar causing part of the building to collapse. Customers rushed to help clear rubble which had crashed down onto the car, with the driver inside. He is in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital. A female passenger is also believed to be in hospital with a broken neck. Engineer Jason Pitt, aged 20, of Rufford Road, Stourbridge, was on a night out with pals in the pub on Friday when the drama unfolded. He said: "There was a loud crash and then the whole place was engulfed in dust. Everyone was screaming and trying to get out. "You couldn't see anything at first and then someone shouted that a car had come through the wall. "It was chaos because it was a busy night and there must have been about 100 people in," he added. Read more in the Express & Star
Stunned pub-goers have spoken of the terrifying moment a car came crashing through the walls of a Black Country bar, missing them by inches.
See also: Photos: pub demolished by car crash
Around 100 people were enjoying a night out in The Railway, in Pedmore Road, Lye, in Dudley, when the vehicle ploughed through the front wall into the bar causing part of the building to collapse.
Customers rushed to help clear rubble which had crashed down onto the car, with the driver inside. He is in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital.
A female passenger is also believed to be in hospital with a broken neck.
Engineer Jason Pitt, aged 20, of Rufford Road, Stourbridge, was on a night out with pals in the pub on Friday when the drama unfolded.
He said: "There was a loud crash and then the whole place was engulfed in dust. Everyone was screaming and trying to get out.
"You couldn't see anything at first and then someone shouted that a car had come through the wall.
"It was chaos because it was a busy night and there must have been about 100 people in," he added."The car was half in and half out of the pub. I went outside and when I saw what had happened it took my breath away," he said.
Trapped
Once they realised what had happened Mr Pitt and his friends Robert Lenton, aged 23, Dave Lenton, aged 18, Paul Davies, aged 45, and Keith Westwood, aged 35, all rushed to the aid of those trapped in the car.
Factory worker Robert Lenton, of Crabbe Street, Lye, said: "There were three girls in the back of the car and two blokes in the front. I think the driver had broken his legs as he couldn't move and he was trapped.
"We helped the girls get out, but as we were helping them someone shouted to get out of the way as the bedroom was about to collapse. Then the whole thing came down."
Regular Dave Round, of Lye, was among those helping when the building collapsed. Mr Lenton said: "I saw Mr Round get hit by the rubble and he was knocked down. But then he just got back up and carried on helping," he added.
