SHOPPERS and motorists had a lucky escape when a car careered into a town centre shop.
The vehicle was being driven along Market Street, Scarborough, and crashed into the Bjorn Clogs shop in Queen Street - only minutes after owner Bjorn Roswald had closed the premises for the night.
Mr Roswald said: "Two minutes earlier, my wife, Cath, and I would have been in the building."
Police said they were baffled as to how the crash occurred.
A couple and a child who were in the car received only minor injuries, despite the car being embedded in the shop, causing much of it to collapse on to the vehicle.
A police spokesman said: "It was a miracle that no one was really injured. It could have been a very tragic incident if the car had hit pedestrians or people in the shop."
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