In a early-morning accident yesterday a heavy-goods vehicle crashed into two buildings in Bayston Hill Shrewsbury (causing major structural damage to both a Chinese take-away and The Three Fishes pub)
The incident happened round 5:30am when the glass-carrying lorry owned by Steven Chiltons transport company went off-road on A49; emergency services had to cut-out driver who got leg injury
So as youre already aware a catastrophic accident has happened at the Three Fishes this morning. It has caused severe structural damage to the premises However everyone is ok
The vehicles driver - whos been with company almost 10 years never had accidents before got stuck in cab; fire-rescue team used special equipment to free him. Large pieces of brick-work scattered everywhere after impact made holes in building walls
Three fire engines came to scene along with police and ambulance teams: they blocked A49 near Dobbies Island. Steven Chilton company owner said its first such incident for business - mentioning he dont want to think about costs
The pub management told customers theyʼll stay closed for some time; no one inside buildings got hurt during crash. Traffic management teams made drivers use different routes while emergency services worked at scene