'I'm thankful no students were killed' – owner of crash Centra

Car that crashed into supermarket at Victoria Cross in Cork had been reported stolen earlier

Garda detectives are understood to be trawling CCTV in the area to identify the driver of the car that crashed into the Centra at Cork's Victoria Cross early on Saturday. Picture: Dan Linehan

A supermarket owner said he’s thankful a car which careered into his premises didn’t do so 24 hours earlier as it could have killed students walking home in the early hours of the morning from rag week celebrations.

Ger Hennessy, who owns the Centra outlet between UCC and Victoria Cross in Cork City, said video footage showed the car travelling at such speed it mounted protective bollards outside the front of his premises (which are used to prevent ram raids) before smashing through the plate glass doors.