A CAR has crashed into a town centre shop this morning.

The emergency services were called to the scene at Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth, at 11am after a three-vehicle collision.

Bournemouth Echo:

Picture by Jamie Cumming

The crash involved a Honda Accord Type R car, driven by a 33-year-old man from Bournemouth, a white Ford Transit van, driven by a 53-year-old man from Devon and a grey Volkswagen estate driven by a 59-year-old man from Bournemouth.

The ambulance service was called to the scene, a police spokesman said, after the Honda ended up crashing into Grooms Newsagent.

The police spokesman said that a "very loud bang" was heard.

The road was blocked by the crash.