Cook crash in Bishop’s Stortford: Recovery vehicle driver arrested …
A woman was taken to hospital after being seriously injured and trapped when a recovery vehicle crashed into the shop window of Cook in Bishop’s Stortford town centre on Saturday morning.
The woman, a young member of staff, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where she has undergone assessment and treatment of her injuries.
A man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and causing serious injury by careless driving.
The recovery vehicle rolled from White Horse Court and across North Street into Cook
The incident happened in North Street at about 10am. All three emergency services were at the scene. Police said the road was expected to be closed “for some time” and advised people to avoid the area.
The recovery vehicle was parked at the entrance to White Horse Court, behind Pizza Express, when it rolled down the slope, across North Street and into the window to the right of the entrance to Cook, sending freezers of food crashing towards the counter, trapping a worker.
Her sister said on Facebook: “The truck… rolled down the little entrance by the side of Pizza Express into the window of the shop, smashing through the glass into the counter where my sister was standing.
A woman in Cook was injured and trapped by the impact of the collision. Picture: Mark Alex
“It crushed into her sides as she turned to possibly get away I think. She is at Addenbrooke’s Hospital getting a full body scan/X-ray.”
A spokesman for Hertfordshire police said: “We received a report shortly after 10am that a truck had collided with the front of a shop in North Street. Officers attended immediately, along with ambulance, fire and air ambulance services.
“There was one female casualty who was present in the shop at the time. She has been taken to hospital and is currently in a stable condition.
“A male has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and causing serious injury by driving without due care.”
Emergency services at the scene in North Street. Picture: Mark Alex
A shield is erected across the front of the damaged Cook shopfront. Picture: John Farnham
The recovery vehicle embedded in the shopfront of Cook. Picture: Sue Last
Police, paramedics and fire and rescue crew at the scene. Picture: John Farnham
Police and paramedics at the scene. Picture: John Farnham
The recovery vehicle ploughed into the right-hand window of Cook’s shopfront
In July 2021, two people were injured when a blue Skoda smashed through the front of Eat 17 in Potter Street. The car rolled down Church Street and straight into the seating area window next to Petrucci’s pizza counter just before 4pm on a Thursday afternoon.