A van flipped over and went through a kitchen shop window after a crash with a BMW in Hampton Hill last night.

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Firefighters attended the scene of the crash

Fire, police and ambulance crews were called to the Park Road and High Street junction at about midnight to the collision when they found the van inside Callaghan Interiors.

It is the second time a vehicle has crashed into the shop in less than two years.

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Robert Crawford, designer at Callaghan Interiors, said: "I came in at about 10am and the police had secured it with these boards.

"The driver of the van must have been terrified."

He added: "It's just a matter of time before someone standing there on that junction gets killed."

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A smashed window lies shattered on the floor

Rosie O'Callaghan, the daughter of the shop's proprietor, said: "It's the second time this has happened in just over a year - last time was February 2014.

"This junction is a nightmare.

"The driver was upside down in the van in the shop.

"He's okay now and said he's coming back in for a cup of tea.

"The damage will be covered by insurance but they will probably whack our premiums up because it's happened before."

The building's owner, Cliff Hamilton, estimated at least £15,000 worth of damage was caused.

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Boarded up the morning after the night before

Natalia Benitez, who lives in a flat above the shop, had just gone to bed when the van crashed beneath her home.

She said: "Suddenly the flat shook and we thought it was an earthquake or something.

"We went downstairs and saw the wreckage of the van and the car.

"It was crazy.

"The whole flat shook and we were worried some of the flats might come down."

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The dramatic scene after the smash

A Twickenham firefighter said: “The car had hit the van and the van had completely over turned and ended up in the kitchen shop.

“It was amazing no one was injured.”

 

 

 

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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police were called to High Street, Hampton Hill shortly before midnight on October 15 to reports of a vehicle collision having blocked the highway.

"At the scene, officers found that a Ford Transit van had collided with a BMW and then further collided with a shop front."

Nobody has been arrested and both drivers were taken to a west London hospital with minor injuries, according to police.

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Damage caused by the crash

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