A DRIVER was arrested after a van crashed into the side of Lyde Green’s Sainsbury’s Local store.
Emergency services were called to Willowherb Road shortly after 1.30pm on August 16. Witnesses said two people from the van were injured, with one being helped from the van by passers-by and another being taken away on a stretcher by paramedics.
An air ambulance landed in a nearby field so specialists could treat the casualties. A spokesperson for South Western Ambulance Service said a double-crewed land ambulance and an operations officer was also sent to the scene.
The spokesperson said: “We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Southmead Hospital.”
A shopper in the Sainsbury’s Local store reported hearing a “horrific” bang as the van collied with the building.
Willowherb Road was closed between the Thistle Close and Newlands Lane junctions as police investigated. A police spokesperson said a man in his 30s had been arrested and reported for summons to court for failing to provide a breath specimen to officers.
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said, “Our Lyde Green temporarily closed for a few hours on Friday while emergency services attended an incident. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.”