VIDEO: Porsche crashes into Surbiton nail salon

9:00am Wednesday 27th February 2013 in News By Jon Sharman, Reporter

A silver Porsche Boxster crashed into Emma's Nails in Surbiton A silver Porsche Boxster crashed into Emma's Nails in Surbiton

A silver Porsche Boxster has crashed into a nail salon this morning.

The car smashed through the window of Emma’s Nails in Victoria Road, Surbiton, at about 7am.

The driver had turned right into the road from Brighton Road, red watch crew manager Ian Meyer said.

The reason for the crash is unknown, he added.

An ambulance crew and a first responder car were sent by the London Ambulance Service, a spokeswoman said.

One patient, with no visible injuries, was treated for shock but was not taken to hospital.

David Coplin-Chard from Parry and Drewett estate agents in Victoria Road, said: “When I saw it I thought, there's a car in a shop. A couple of years ago a car came in through the front of our shop as well.”

Jane Seymour, from I J Beim & Associates in Victoria Road, said: “I did not notice it at first until I came back out of Sainsbury’s.

"I hope nobody was hurt but otherwise it is a bit of a giggle. It’s like the pictures you see of a sports car in a building.

"Do not go and have your nails done today."

Comments(7)

Prince Philip of Greece says...
9:25am Wed 27 Feb 13

Let's pretend the car was actually a bicycle, and flood this comments section with people blaming the driver, calling for new laws to control cars, demanding more taxes on four-wheel vehicles, etc...

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SteveC1964 says...
11:31am Wed 27 Feb 13

Hopefully the report is correct and there was nothing worse than shock for the driver.

I do hope that the driver was wearing a crash helmet, a yellow hi-vis jacket, had working lamps on his or her vehicle and had taken an advanced driving course. Nobody has a bell these days! I blame John Prescott (oh but didn't he make bells on new bikes mandatory?) I blame him anyway.

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Prince Philip of Greece says...
12:22pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Who wants to bet the driver was using his mobile phone at the time?

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SteveC1964 says...
12:52pm Wed 27 Feb 13

They should keep off the pavements. What's the point of providing all those segregated safe roads if they don't use them???!!!! All that council tax gone to waste when it could be used to pay for hanging baskets somewhere!!!

BTW, unusual name that:
Emma Snails !!!

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SteveC1964 says...
3:03pm Wed 27 Feb 13

The country has gone to the dogs! That's why I'm commenting on this story from Spain where life is sooooo much better. Will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights!!!!!????

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Surreydon says...
9:49pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Prince Philip of Greece wrote:
Who wants to bet the driver was using his mobile phone at the time?
Or reading Cycling Weekly maybe......

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lordofzombies says...
7:49am Fri 1 Mar 13

SteveC1964 wrote:
They should keep off the pavements. What's the point of providing all those segregated safe roads if they don't use them???!!!! All that council tax gone to waste when it could be used to pay for hanging baskets somewhere!!!

BTW, unusual name that:
Emma Snails !!!
i think it serves french food.

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