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Woman killed as car crashes into coffee shop

A woman in her seventies has died and four people are seriously injured after a car crashed into a Costa coffee shop in Westerham, Kent, ambulance services said.

Kent Police told ITV News two "older people" were in the car at the time, and are currently among those being treated in hospital.

The cause of the crash is not yet clear, though the car was said to be out of control for some time before it entered the shop.

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Coffee shop crash witness: 'There was debris everywhere'

A witness has described the moment an Audi car ploughed through a branch of Costa Coffee in Westerham.

Mark Heathcote, a photographer working in the area, told ITV News: "As I approached I could see there were people coming out of Costa with blood on their faces, being helped out. There was debris everywhere.

"I could see there was a car almost fully inside the restaurant so it had obviously ploughed through about three or four tables."

Heathcote was at the scene of the crash seconds after it happened. Credit: Mark Heathcote

One woman in her seventies has died and five others are injured.

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