Porsche crashes through shop window in Hove

3:02pm Tuesday 29th May 2012 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter

CRASH: The Porche came to rest in the window of Sevenoaks Sound and Vision. Picture by Jon Aizlewood CRASH: The Porche came to rest in the window of Sevenoaks Sound and Vision. Picture by Jon Aizlewood

A Porsche has smashed through the window of a shop in Hove.

The vehicle crashed through the window of Sevenoaks Sound and Vision in Western Road at about 2pm.

Sussex Police and firefighters are at the scene.

On Twitter people spoke of their shock.

A sales assistant at the shop said: “There are police and firefighters here. I have to sort out the insurance.”

Did you witness it?

Email anna.roberts@theargus.co.uk.

Comments(18)

FC says...
3:35pm Tue 29 May 12

Crap car
Overpriced shop

HOW APT!

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kopite_rob says...
3:37pm Tue 29 May 12

A fatal flaw in ram raiding with a Porsche?

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LuxuryReims says...
3:39pm Tue 29 May 12

Just when you think the most sterotypically Hove thing that could occur would be a foodie festival on Hove Lawns, this goes and happens.

The front of the shop looked absolutely destroyed when I walked past.

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Nick-! says...
3:41pm Tue 29 May 12

Was there really any point in the "quote"

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Nathan_Adler says...
3:46pm Tue 29 May 12

Evidently the shop owner has a slight speech impediment and said to an Anglia Glass salesman
"I think a porch would look nice at the front of my shop"

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Fercri Sakes says...
3:48pm Tue 29 May 12

911 at 7 oaks, 57 Western Road. Next to the old 7-11.

Try calling that one in.

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Crystal Ball says...
4:01pm Tue 29 May 12

Porsches (or porches) are clearly too much for some people to handle.

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Wivvy Dave says...
4:29pm Tue 29 May 12

Western Road is straight and he/she has backed into the shop. Now I'm no expert here but I'm guessing that a huge dollop of stupidity combined with speed may be involved.

Still lets look on the bright side no one hurt and one less Porsche on the roads!

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GIVE UP says...
4:49pm Tue 29 May 12

If it happens to be the owners car he's got a lot of explaining to do ?

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hovelawns says...
4:52pm Tue 29 May 12

lets bet they were doing a 5 point turn and got the wrong gear and shot backwards - lucky no one was hurt though.

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fizzbot says...
5:01pm Tue 29 May 12

The driver stepped out on Lansdowne Street and forgot to put his handbrake on. Lo and behold, the car started to roll back, picked up speed and smashed through the SevenOaks window. Damage to the Porsche: minimal. Damage to SevenOaks: Severe!

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Tammy Flugh says...
5:48pm Tue 29 May 12

"Did you witness it?"
No.

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John Steed says...
6:13pm Tue 29 May 12

Nathan_Adler wrote:
Evidently the shop owner has a slight speech impediment and said to an Anglia Glass salesman
"I think a porch would look nice at the front of my shop"
lmao

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makeitcount says...
9:44pm Tue 29 May 12

"The driver stepped out on Lansdowne Street and forgot to put his handbrake on."

No way you could roll back out of Lansdowne Street unless you were parked in a disabled space, on double yellow lines or in the middle of the road. Weird stuff going on in this end of town. That Porsche had more luck crossing Western Road than Adam Campbell did last week. Still, only Porsche I have ever seen with decent speakers in the back!

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caeos says...
10:52pm Tue 29 May 12

go are the days when breaking planning permission for alterations was a match...

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papa_melons says...
7:40am Wed 30 May 12

so, looking at the photo, it appears the car did not 'go through' the window

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Ashles says...
11:58am Wed 30 May 12

“There are police and firefighters here. I have to sort out the insurance. So could you possibly stop asking me questions and leave me alone for a while Mr Argus Reporter?"

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SmileyD says...
1:40pm Wed 30 May 12

"only Porsche I have ever seen with decent speakers in the back!" - nice one!

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