Funeral director's shut after car crashes into wall

A funeral director's has been forced to temporarily close one of its branches after a car crashed into the side of its old stone building.

Averil Phillips & Family said it had to shut its St Osyths Lane office in Oundle, Northamptonshire, because of the structural damage.

The grey BMW 1 Series collided with the wall at about 00:30 BST on Sunday and police said no arrests had been made.

Police said no-one in the car was seriously injured and the company said no-one was in the building at the time.

The funeral director's said its teams in Corby and Kettering remained open and could support families in Oundle.

On its Facebook page, the company wrote: "A vehicle made an unscheduled visit to our wall.

"We are glad the driver was attended to, and we can assure the community that there was no breakout, no ram-raid, and parking restrictions remain firmly in place."

It was waiting for a full survey to be carried out and "will reopen as soon as it's safe to do so".

The firm said that the tenants, who lived in a flat above the offices, were away and had moved out for the time being.

Hamraz Dhadra, who was on his way home at about 02:00 after finishing work at the town's Onkar Indian Restaurant, said: "I was shocked, I could not believe the damage."

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