Hair-raising CCTV shows the moment a out-of-control car smashes into the wall of a barbershop as a teenage passenger leaps from the Citroen 

  • CCTV cameras show the car narrowly missing one shop before coming to a stop 
  • But suddenly it starts speeding across the road and smashing into the barbers 
  • A family of five were captured stood in the car's path moments before
  • The driver was taken to hospital and three were rescued from inside the shop

By Paddy Dinham For Mailonline

Published: 07:18 EST, 9 February 2017 | Updated: 07:29 EST, 9 February 2017

Three people had to be rescued from the wreckage of a barbershop after a car ploughed through the side of a wall, in a horrific incident caught on camera. 

CCTV from a street in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, shows the Citroen narrowly avoiding one shop before slowing to a halt then speeding across the road and slamming into Edwards Barbers.

The crash resulting in bricks crashing down on the bonnet before a passenger leaps out from under the air bag.

The Citroen appears to come to a controlled stop on the far side of the road before suddenly veering across the street

The Citroen appears to come to a controlled stop on the far side of the road before suddenly veering across the street

Mark Pickles, 51, returned to work at his shop next door to find the dramatic incident recorded in full by his shop's cameras.

Mr Pickles said: 'I was sat at home it was my day off in fact. We'd actually closed the shop. The funny thing is my employee always parks in that position where the car swung in, it's only a small car park.

'It's very interesting, we don't know how it happened, there's been lots of speculation whether the car had a fault or the driver even suffered a heart attack.

'Just 15 seconds prior to that, there was a family of five in that position. I couldn't believe it when I watched the footage back, it's shocking.'

The car hurtles towards the wall of the barbers, but fortunately the store had been closed for the day

The car hurtles towards the wall of the barbers, but fortunately the store had been closed for the day

The incident was caught on cameras outside the shop and shows the extent of the damage caused by the crash

The incident was caught on cameras outside the shop and shows the extent of the damage caused by the crash

While the teenage passenger leaps out, the driver, a man in his 50s, didn't straight away and witnesses of the crash hurry over to help him out.

The driver who told West Midlands Ambulance Service that he had a headache, rib pain and a slight nose bleed, was taken to the George Eliot hospital with the passenger.

This was the pile of rubble that used to be the wall of a barbershop

This was the pile of rubble that used to be the wall of a barbershop

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue said they rescued three people injured by the destruction on Edward Street.

Mr Pickles said: 'Where the car hit the shop, there's a sofa right next to the wall which is normally jam packed, there were about four customers in there at the time I think.

'But none of them of the sofa, it was very lucky again- that's three instances where it could've been a whole lot worse and very different indeed.

'If you look at the video very slowly it looks like it's going into the shop across the road, then it looks like it's going from zero to 30 or 40 miles per hour.

'Also the windscreen wiper goes on which is bizarre, something very strange happened but luckily it wasn't as bad as it could've easily been.'

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