Nasty accident (or deliberate smash and grab). Car smashed into front of Mccolls shop. Police, ambulances on the scene. Looks like a pedal cycle hit on way into the shop. All the more difficult as there is a separate parking road separated from the main road by a pavement with trees along. Probably happened about 3.45pm.

I deliver to this shop, do hope the staff are Ok,wonder whats gone on,It was robbed a couple months back late at night as they were getting ready to close.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hole-wall-gang-try-break-9681615

I believe this is the shop however the Echo have details all wrong.

Can't imagine how a car has managed to smash into there by accident.

Me neither as fish says there's a little slip road in front for parking just off the main road,granny can you confirm that is the shop in Irby village,I recognise the hair salon next door,
The Echo will have you believe its in Southport and was robbed at 3am

on another site it's saying an old man got his foot stuck while he was trying to reverse

Sounds about right Claire,I snipped this photo before the Echo edited Hee hee.

is that the shop you deliver to or a different one coz it says Southport

Yeah thats the one in Irby village.

The photo you posted, I believe is the shop in Irby. Having just visited our local shop of McColls, they said it was an old man who accidentally reversed ! Taking position of the location, that sounds virtually impossible, looking at the angle the car is facing. !

A pensioner escaped uninjured after his car crashed through the window of a newsagents in Wirral.

The 88-year-old motorist appeared to have lost control of the vehicle in Thingwall Road, Irby Village this afternoon.

The Ford Zetec hit a lamp post before crashing into the McColl’s shop at 4pm smashing the large front window.

McColl’s staff and customers were evacuated from the shop through a backdoor but no-one inside had been hurt.

No-one from the shop wanted to comment.



http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-drives-car-front-wirral-9682102

That doesn't explain why flowers have been laid ?

Thanks granny nobody hurt or robbed,nice place Irby very friendly town


Thats the remains of the flower stand they have outside.

Looks like a display outside the shop for flowers

Yes, you are probably right. Thank goodness.

Ouch... thank goodness no-one was hurt. My Dad's 88 and still driving competently, but if you have an accident at that age I think you would be under very close scrutiny to make sure it was an isolated incident and you're still capable!

Seeing that little road is parallel to the main road is normally one way, how on earth did he get 90degrees in that little road, it's too narrow to do a 23 point turn and it's just as easy to carry on and do a turnaround in the carpark, I'am amazed, so long as only pride was hurt and nobody else was, the insurers will do the rest

His insurance could be pretty high from now on.

He was trying to do parallel parking and put his foot on the wrong pedal.

Maybe the car had automatic transmission and he "braked" using the accelerator ? Panic sets in! Dong! A frequent occurrance.

Exactly what my ex. did years ago in a cinema car park. She refused to have an auto after that.

I`ll try and find out in the morning,to me, it looks like he`s attempted to reverse park and shot up the pavement,clipping the tree with his front end and knocking the bike stand down before plowing into the shop front with the back end.

Like to know how he managed to extricate the car from the window and from the bent bike stand and park back in front of the bike stand on the slip road as photo.

The manager tells me he was parked at the side and got his foot jammed between the throttle and behind the brake pedal,

After clipping the tree he knocked over the bike stand and into the corner of the window and door frame which was strong enough to stop the car having pushed the frame back a couple of inches,

still unsure weather the car was auto/manual,

The old gentleman lives local and is thought to be Ok.