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One woman dead in Westerham Costa crash

A woman in her 70s has died and five other people are injured, four seriously, after a car ploughed into a Costa coffee shop.

The car crashed through the window of Costa in Westerham Credit: Sally Pendleton/PA Wire

It happened at the Costa in Westerham at around 10.30am. Kent Police have begun an investigation and say they've set up a witness centre at The Grasshopper pub on The Green. Peter Thornley posted pictures showing five ambulances at the scene, saying: "Someone has just driven a car straight into Costa coffee in Westerham. Madness." Hear his eyewitness account below:

"Our clinicians treated six patients in total, including one patient who was sadly pronounced as deceased at the scene. Five further patients were treated at the scene and then taken to hospital. Two patients, an adult male and female, were taken by ambulance to St George's Hospital in London, both with serious injuries. Two further patients, an adult male and female, were taken by ambulance to the Princess Royal Hospital in Farnborough - again both with serious injuries. An adult female with minor injuries was also taken by ambulance to Pembury Hospital."

– SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE