Bridgetown Bakery damaged after car reversal incident on Sunday morning

Bridgetown Bakery had an unexpected visitor on Sunday morning when an elderly woman crashed her car - backwards - into the shop. The driver collided with one of the columns outside of the Bridgetown Bakery after hitting the accelerator of her vehicle too hard while trying to reverse into a parking spot. The incident was first reported to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services at 10.19am, with Bridgetown’s volunteer fire fighters and rescue crews dispatched to the site on Hampton Street. St John Ambulance paramedics arrived on the scene at 10.23am, with police arriving around the same time. The area was taped off from the public, as SES and VFRS crews made sure the area was safe, and removed the vehicle. The woman - in her 80s - was taken to Bridgetown Hospital, but a DFES spokesperson said she had no major injuries and was not trapped in the car. The vehicle suffered damage to the rear area. The shop’s damaged column was replaced with a pole.