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Tiffany Lo

Car suddenly smashes into Fiat showroom after huge crash at 'accident blackspot'

Shocking footage showed the moment a car careered into a Fiat showroom after getting T-Boned at a junction at an accident blackspot.

CCTV outside the Arnold Clark showroom  in Dundee shows a black Kia Picanto driving across a two-way road when it is hit in the side by a taxi.

The impact sends the Kia across the junction, as it collides with a third car, resulting it being sandwiched between the two vehicles.

It then accelerates suddenly across the lane and crashes into the railings and rams into the Fiat showroom in Dundee.

A white taxi rammed into a black Kia across the junction at Balfield Road (Unknown)

Luckily there are no pedestrians walking on the pavement where the incident took place.

A 46-year-old eyewitness told Evening Telegraph: "It looked like one of the cars clipped the wing of the other with the front of its own and then one went one way and one went the other.

"The crash sent one off the road and through the showroom window."

A member of staff at one of the nearby Arnold Clark showrooms said: "We are waiting to see if anyone else is hurt.

"It is strange that it also happened to the Audi showroom yesterday with a car crashing into it."

The footage was posted onto a Facebook page 'Tayside Mobile Speed Camera Locations'.

Tayside Police responded to the scene and blocked off one end of the road.

Officers diverted the traffic along Loons Road while firefighters were called to rescue the trapped driver.

A spokesman for the Scottish fire and rescue service confirmed they had three pump appliances and two heavy rescue related appliances after getting the call from the police at 2.15pm.

A woman was cut out of the car and taken to hospital as a precaution, according to the police.

A police statement said: “Officers in Dundee were called to Balfield Road, following a two-car crash outside the Arnold Clark showroom.

“The crash took place around 2.10pm. Ambulance and Scottish Fire and Rescue are also at the scene."

Police confirmed that no one at present had been charged but that a report on the incident would be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

Emergency services were sent to the Arnold Clark showroom to free the driver trapped inside her Kia (Unknown)

Local residents familiar to the area said the particular junction is an accident blackspot.

Michael Cooper commented: “That’s always been a bad junction, surprised it’s taken this long for something to happen.”

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