A sofa store in Clifton is reopening after a Tesla car went flying into its shopfront, narrowly avoiding staff and customers inside. Arlo and Jacob on Whiteladies Road is reopening its Bristol showroom tomorrow (Friday, May 6) a month after the incident which caused extensive damage to the store.
A huge emergency response was triggered on April 5 after it emerged a Tesla had 'gone flying' through the shopfront, which saw Whiteladies Road shut for a number of hours. An elderly woman, the driver of the Tesla, was treated by ambulance crews at the scene.
Arlo and Jacob has since confirmed to BristolLive that a team meeting had been taking place inside the store moments before the crash, and a sales consultant had to 'leap out of the way' of the car which was 'flying towards him.' Two customers inside the store were 'shaken', and one was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
