The female driver of a grey Nissan Juke crashed into a Lloyds Bank on Erdington High Street just outside Birmingham on Friday afternoon.

The woman is suspected to have had a medical episode at the wheel.

As the car careered out of control, the vehicle struck a pedestrian, also a woman before coming to a stop inside the bank.

West Midlands Police closed the Hight Street off as investigations and structural assessments took place.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance said: 'We were called to reports of a car that had crashed into a building and collided with a woman on High Street in Erdington at 12.45pm, two ambulances, two paramedic officers and a MERIT trauma doctor, with a critical care paramedic, attended the scene.

'On arrival we discovered two patients.

'Crews were told the driver of the car, a woman, had suffered a medical episode prior to the incident. 'Following assessment she was transported to Good Hope Hospital.

'The second woman was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to Heartlands Hospital.'

A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: ‘We were called to Erdington High Street just before 12.45pm after a woman was hit by a car.

‘The woman, believed to be in her 80s, was taken to hospital.

‘The car driver, in her 70s, was also taken to hospital.

‘Enquiries continue and anyone with information should get in touch via 101, quoting log 2231.’

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