Watch: Car smashes through West Midlands butcher's shop days after it reopened
A customer narrowly dodged the car which ploughed through about “90 per cent” of the butcher’s shop
This is the shocking moment an out-of-control car smashed through a butcher's shop, narrowly missing a customer.
Dramatic CCTV footage shows the Jaguar E-Pace ploughing through the window of Eric Lyons Butchers in Balsall Common, Solihull, after the driver appeared to be trying to park in a bay outside.
But the car didn’t stop and carried on straight through the glass frontage, sending packets of sausages, steaks and chops flying across the shop.
Incredibly, a customer inside narrowly avoided being hit by the car while staff leapt up onto the chopping block to escape the carnage.
Police and fire crews rushed to the scene in Station Road at around 12pm on Wednesday (November 4).
A woman was assessed by paramedics but discharged at the scene, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
The smash came just days after the family-run butchers, which dates back to the 1800s, reopened following renovations.
Butcher Nick Lyons said: “There was a customer in the back right, and two members of staff were behind the butcher's counter and jumped up on the wooden block, so we are all fine.”
He said the crash caused extensive damage after the car ploughed through “90 per cent” of the shop.
It will remain closed until January, although bosses said Christmas orders and deliveries will not be affected.
West Midlands Police is investigating the cause of the crash.
A force spokesperson said: “We were called to Station Road, Balsall Common, Solihull, after a car struck a property at just after 12pm on Wednesday.
“No one has reported any injuries to us. Anyone with information can call 101, quoting log 2012 of November 4.”
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