A TEENAGE girl has been arrested after it’s claimed she stole a car and crashed it into an optician’s shop while drunk and then ran away.
Cops arrested the 15-year-old, along with another girl, 16, after it’s thought they reversed the car through metal railings and the shopfront of an Eye Centre in Gorseinon, Swansea.
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Both girls have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking.
The younger girl has also been arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle while over the legal alcohol limit.
Witnesses have said a young girl was seen fleeing “at some speed” after the crash.
“She should’ve gone to Specsavers,” one said. “She made a spectacle of herself.”
Owner of the centre, David Griffiths, said it was lucky no one had been killed when the car smashed into the store at 10.30pm on Friday, when the shop was closed.
”’It was really lucky no one was behind it because they would have died,” he said.
Co-owner Helen Silverberg praised neighbours for helping them out after the Gorseinon Eye Centre was smashed to pieces.
She said: “From the staff at Greggs bringing us coffees to the Crossroads Clinic offering us space if we need it, so many residents and passers-by have wished us well.
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“It’s a lovely community.”
South Wales Police said they were called at 10.52pm on Friday night following reports of a car having reversed into premises on the High Street.
A spokeswoman for the force said: “Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking.
“The 15-year-old has also been arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level is above the limit.
“Both girls are currently in police custody.”
In a Facebook post, the business said it would remain closed on Saturday and, because it had been unable to access its appointment diary, it apologised to anyone with an appointment who had not been contacted.
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