New footage has emerged showing how the crash, which happened on Sutton Road on Wednesday, was caused.

The Echo reported on Wednesday about a beige Nissan Micra which ploughed into the front of Gilroy's News and General Store, smashing through the windows and knocking the door off its hinges.

New CCTV footage, seen here, shows how the Micra was hit on its rear wheels by a silver Honda Civic. The Micra then careers off the road and crashes into the store.

Karen Holmes who runs the store and was working at the time said: “I was working next to the magazines in the store, at the time, and I heard a bang so I went to the front window and there was a car coming at me.

"The first thing I did, after diving out of the way, was check that the people in the car were OK – they were fine.”