A CAR has smashed into the window of a town centre meat outlet for the second time in as many years.

Police were called to Wayne Walker Quality Meats in Bradshawgate shortly after 9pm last night after a silver Vauxhall Corsa collided with the side of the building.

The impact smashed one store window, cracking another, and damaged a shutter – with the cost of the damage potentially thousands of pounds.

The driver had come from Trinity Street and is believed to have lost control of his vehicle as he turned left into Bradshawgate.

In October 2013, the same window of the store was smashed when a silver Volkswagen Golf crashed into the building.

Dave Williams, store manager, said something needed to be done to prevent future accidents.

He said: “It was nothing more than an accident – the car came round the corner too fast and went into the window.

“It has caused damage to the shutter and two windows so could be quite a bit of money, but we will not know until later today.

“We shut at 7pm – it was very lucky because if this had happened in the day the car would have come right through the window into the store.

“The shutter being down stopped the impact, and prevented the car from going further into the shop.

“It is just lucky nobody was hurt. Something needs to be done to prevent this happening in future – bollards on the corner would help.

“It is definitely something Bolton Council should look into.”

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed that officers received a call at 9.12pm, and said the 25-year-old driver of the Corsa suffered only minor injuries.

Police are now checking CCTV footage of the crash to work out exactly how the accident happened.”

A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics were called at 9.15pm, arriving on the scene at 9.31pm.

The man was given treatment for minor injuries but was not taken to hospital.

After the earlier crash in October 2013, a seven-month-old baby was taken to hospital as a precaution but was not injured, with the driver also escaping unhurt.

Natalie Dubrawski, who was working on the till at the shop, said her “life flashed before her eyes” after the car came to a stop two metres away from where she was serving customers.