Watton High Street could be shut for three weeks after crash

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Part of a town's high street could be shut for three weeks after a car ploughed into an estate agent's building.

The incident happened at around 11pm on Sunday on Watton High Street, near the junction with Dereham Road.

Police and fire crews from Watton, Hingham and Dereham attended the scene and remained until around 2.30am.

The road remains closed while the building's structural integrity is assessed.

Central Connect, which operates buses through the town, has been advised the closure could last for three weeks because of the "unsafe building".

The bus stops outside the Crown pub are currently closed and temporary bus stops are located outside Lings Motorycles for buses toward Norwich, Dereham, Attleborough and Thetford.

Those traveling towards Swaffham should wait at the stop in George Trollope Road.

A spokeswoman for Norfolk Constabulary said: "Both the driver and the passenger, men aged in their 30s and 40s, were taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where they both remain.

Central Connect has been advised the road could remain shut for three weeks. (Image: Central Connect)

"The passenger is believed to have suffered life-changing injuries."

Video footage captured from Watton Hot Baguette showed the car travel past the store before crashing into the building.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service added: "Two ambulances, an ambulance officer vehicle and one vehicle from the Hazardous Area Response Team were sent to the scene."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police, quoting the reference 36/82140/26.

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