An elderly couple escaped serious injury when their car crashed into the side of an office block in Market Street, Maidenhead at about 1.45pm yesterday.

Two fire engines from Maidenhead and one from Windsor went to the scene.

Police also attended and placed a cordon round the building so a structural engineer could investigate if it was safe.

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Firefighters were on the scene for about an hour and a half.

The office is newly renovated and is believed to have been empty at the time of the incident.