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Stolen car wrecks city noodle bar | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A stolen car crashed through the front of a sushi and noodle bar in Cardiff in the early hours of the morning, wrecking its restaurant area. | |
The Ichiban on the corner of Albany Road and Penylan Road, Roath, was badly damaged at about 0500 BST. | |
South Wales Police are looking for three people believed to have been in the Saab who fled from the scene. | |
Shocked restaurant owner Ka Cheung said his staff, living above the restaurant, were woken by the crash. | Shocked restaurant owner Ka Cheung said his staff, living above the restaurant, were woken by the crash. |
He said: "I didn't know about it, my staff living upstairs heard the big bang. | |
"I don't know what I am going to do, all my staff and my restaurant - how am I going to pay my staff? | "I don't know what I am going to do, all my staff and my restaurant - how am I going to pay my staff? |
"I have been in touch with my insurance company this morning." | "I have been in touch with my insurance company this morning." |
Mr Cheung, who has run the restaurant for a year, said it had been open as normal on the night before the crash. | |
Police say three people are believed to have run from the crashed beige Saab, which was recovered from the scene. | |
A structural engineer has visited the building and has said it is safe. | |
Nearby resident Peter Casoria said: "It's terrible, it's an eyesore. | Nearby resident Peter Casoria said: "It's terrible, it's an eyesore. |
"I just got up this morning and saw it, I didn't hear it."The restaurant was open as normal the night before the crash | |
Tony Knight, who runs the Claude pub opposite, said: "Somebody rang me and said there's a car in your pub, so I got down here quick. | Tony Knight, who runs the Claude pub opposite, said: "Somebody rang me and said there's a car in your pub, so I got down here quick. |
"Whoever got out is lucky to be alive. We finished work at one o'clock this morning. Now the whole building looks as if it's twisted." | "Whoever got out is lucky to be alive. We finished work at one o'clock this morning. Now the whole building looks as if it's twisted." |
A worker, Eddie Halton, said he had heard about the crash and wanted to see what had happened. | A worker, Eddie Halton, said he had heard about the crash and wanted to see what had happened. |
"There's a bit of damage, isn't there? I work nearby. I didn't believe it so I came to have a look. | "There's a bit of damage, isn't there? I work nearby. I didn't believe it so I came to have a look. |
"The driver must have come up here and gone straight into it. | "The driver must have come up here and gone straight into it. |
"He must have been going a hell of a speed - good job there was no-one in there." | "He must have been going a hell of a speed - good job there was no-one in there." |
Anyone who has any information is being asked to call Cathays police station on 029 2052 7268. |