Four people were left injured after a car smashed into the entrance of a Kent pub last night.
The Vauxhall Corsa smashed into the busy Grade II listed building at around 10pm, leaving the driver in a serious condition and three others with non-life threatening injuries.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and shocking photos show the true extent of the damage caused by the car.
Four people were left injured after a car smashed into the entrance of a Kent pub last night
The Vauxhall Corsa smashed into the busy Grade II listed building at around 10pm, leaving the driver in a serious condition and three others with non-life threatening injuries
A worker at the Cinque Port Arms pub in New Romney said: ‘There are police everywhere and ambulances here too.’
A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said: ‘We had ambulance crews attend the scene including our Hart Hazardous Area Response Team.
‘One male, believed to be the driver, is in a serious condition at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent.
‘The three other patients, all male, suffered non-life threatening injuries including fractures and were taken to William Harvey Hospital.’
The crash is the third head-on collision with the pub in just two years.
The crash is the third head-on collision into the pub in just two years
An investigation is underway to establish the cause of the crash
The owners of the pub have spent £500,000 restoring the 700-year-old landmark, which is now for sale
In January 2016, a vehicle rammed into the £1.2million pub, which is towards the southern end of the town’s High Street.
A window and door were smashed and part of the front wall was smashed through, just missing lunchtime revellers at the pub.
Beryl Swift, an acting manager at the time of the previous crash, said: ‘I looked up and I could see the car headlights coming through.’
In that incident, one person was injured and a 30-year-old man was arrested.
A Volkswagen SUV driver managed to walk away away uninjured after losing control and smashing into the same part of the pub.
The owners of the pub have spent £500,000 restoring the 700-year-old landmark, which is now for sale.
Landlord Kevin Gibbons said earlier this month: ‘We have created a monster of a business, we just can’t cope with the demand now as things have changed.’