VIDEO: Car collides with Worthing pizza shop

A car, this afternoon, collided with the corner of a pizza shop in Worthing.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th May 2016, 17:55 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:08 BST

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A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.
A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.

Police said emergency services were called to Broadwater Street West in Worthing around 2.15pm, after a silver car was reported to have left the road and mounted the pavement, before colliding with the corner of the Pizzarelli takeaway, next to The Broadwater pub.

A passer-by described the scene as ‘absolute carnage’ with ‘pub tables all over the place’.

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David Mattinson, 73, of Rectory Gardens in Worthing, said he was having a drink outside when the car appeared.

A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.
A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.

He said: “I was just sitting there at the table and it just came through. There was two tables that were demolished with two girls sitting there five minutes before.

“I just feel a little bit shocked. It all happened so quickly.”

Police said the man driving the car, believed to be in his 80s, was not injured, nor was anyone else.

Video by Eddie Mitchell.

A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.
A car has gone into the Pizzarelli takeaway. Photo by Eddie Mitchell.
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