THE driver of a Jaguar XJS escaped uninjured after crashing through a railing into the side of a town centre pub.

Only one vehicle was involved in the accident which happened at about 4.10pm yesterday near the White Bull Hotel, in Church Street, Blackburn.

An ambulance attended the scene but no one was injured.

Christine Smith, landlady at the pub said:

"There's a big crack in the wall of the pub and we are going to have to get someone in to look at it."

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