Emergency at Cheltenham retail park as car crashes into wall
Summary
A car crashed into a wall outside a supermarket at a Cheltenham retail park. The incident happened at around 10am yesterday (Thursday, May 21). Gloucestershire Police said officers were called at around 10am to a shop at Gallagher Retail Park.
Details
A witness told Gloucestershire Live a car had “smashed into Food Warehouse on Tewkesbury Road”. An image from the scene showed a police cordon in place at the roadside and minor damage to an exterior wall of the shop itself. A pile of bricks also pictured following the vehicle’s removal suggests the main damage was to a brick pillar just in front of the building.
Police did not state if there were any injuries but confirmed the driver of the vehicle had suffered a suspected medical episode at the wheel. The person involved was assessed by paramedics at the scene. A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said: “We were called to Gallagher Retail Park in Cheltenham at around 10am yesterday (Thursday) with a report that a vehicle had collided with a wall outside a shop.
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