An elderly man was taken to hospital after a car crash in Cheam.

The pensioner, 80, was travelling along The Broadway at around 4.30pm on Saturday, when he lost control of the white panel van he was driving.

The van hit two cars before mounting the pavement and hitting a traffic sign.

A woman working in the Cancer Research Shop, next to where the crash took place, said she heard a loud bang before rushing outside.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said: "All I heard was an almighty bang. I went out and saw an elderly man and woman in a white van.

"The man looked woozy and concussed, he was definitely in shock.”

A cordon was put up around the scene, whilst police dealt with the incident. It is believed this was removed at around 6pm.

A spokesman for London Ambulance said: "We were called just before 4.30pm to a road traffic accident involving a car and van on the Broadway.

"We sent two ambulance crews and staff treated one patient, an 80 year old man, who was taken as a priority to St Helier hospital."