Drama as pick-up truck mounts pavement and smashes into house in Wiveliscombe

THERE were dramatic scenes as a vehicle smashed into a building in the centre of Wiveliscombe on Thursday afternoon (December 18).

A silver Toyota Hilux pick-up mounted a pavement and crashed headfirst into the front of a house in West Street, between the award-winning Thorne’s Butchers shop and the town’s Jubilee Gardens, causing significant damage to a two-pillar stone porch.

A parked car was also said to have been damaged in the incident, which happened shortly before 3.15 pm.

An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: “At 3.11 pm we received a report a car had collided with a building and an unoccupied car in West Street, Wiveliscombe.

“Emergency services attended and officers remain at the scene while debris is cleared.

“Thankfully, nobody suffered any injuries.”