Woman injured as car ploughs into shop after collision with PSNI Land Rover
A WOMAN was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital after a collision with a PSNI Land Rover sent her car through the front of a charity shop in west Belfast yesterday.
The crash occurred on the Andersonstown Road at around 4.50pm.
The woman, who is in her 40s, was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Her injuries are not believed to be serious.
It is understood police were responding to a call when the collision between the woman’s Kia Sportage and the Land Rover took place.
The black Kia mounted the footpath and ploughed into the front of the Action Cancer store.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service sent two appliances to the scene and cut the woman out of the vehicle as a precaution.
The Ambulance Service said it received a call at 4.50pm and sent two emergency crews and one rapid response vehicle.
It added that one patient was then taken from the vehicle to the RVH.
The PSNI said “A woman believed to be in her 40s has been taken to hospital following a collision between a PSNI Land Rover and a Kia Sportage on the Andersonstown Road at around 4.50pm this afternoon.
“Following the collision between the two vehicles, the Kia struck the front of a nearby charity shop.
“The woman’s injuries are not thought to be serious.”
Sinn Fein MLA Alex Maskey explained that he was informed by the police that the woman had to be cut from the vehicle on health and safety grounds, but was not seriously injured.
“The police were driving down the road responding to an emergency call and they hit a vehicle,” he said.
“At that time they weren’t sure if the car had been stationary or whether it had come into the bus lane.”