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Watch: Road closed for hours after car crashes into Smethwick supermarket

A Smethwick road was closed off and a supermarket left damaged after a car ploughed through the front window.

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The Iceland Supermarket on Bearwood Road was left damaged after the crash, which saw a car leave the road around 8pm yesterday (Monday) and become lodged in the shop.

The area was cordoned off by police while fire and ambulance crews attended the scene, with a woman treated for injuries not believed to be serious and taken to Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital for further treatment.

The shop was left with a smashed window and a lot of damage
The shop was left with a smashed window and a lot of damage

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Fire Service said: “We were called at 7.57pm and sent two fire engines, one from Smethwick and one from Ladywood. 

"They are still there. Police are controlling the cordons.”

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of an RTC on Bearwood Road in Smethwick just after 7.50pm. 

The frontage of the store was closed off the morning after the crash
The frontage of the store was closed off the morning after the crash

"Two ambulances were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews found a car had come off the road and collided with a building. 

"The driver, a woman, was treated by ambulance staff for injuries not believed to be serious and conveyed to Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital for further treatment."

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