Lorry comes off road and smashes into pub and house
A lorry driver had to cut free after the HGV crashed into a house before hitting a pub.
The buildings turned into a pile of rubble in Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury after a crash this morning.
A lorry veered off the A49 Hereford Road at about 5.30am before hitting a home next to a takeaway.
It then ploughed into the Three Fishes pub, BBC News reports.
Both buildings were badly damaged and partially destroyed.
The emergency crews spent an hour freeing the driver who broke his leg. He was taken to hospital in Shrewsbury.
Shocking footage from the village shows buildings partially collapsed and turned into a pile of debris.
It is thought a family was inside the home at the time of the smash, but they were not injured.
James Duerden, landlord of the Three Fishes, told the broadcaster: ‘It was a great local pub, part of a community, and now we’re left with just a pile of rubble.’
He said a ‘good quarter’ of the pub had been lost as well as an upstairs bedroom and all his stock which was damaged by a power cut after the smash.
When arriving to assess the damage, he said he wasn’t expecting a ‘fully loaded articulated vehicle in the back of the pub.’
The A49 remains closed after the early morning incident.
West Mercia Police said it will likely remain shut for some time.
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