Northampton town centre car park 'likely to remain closed until this afternoon' after duo of collisions

St John’s Car Park has been closed since October 18, when a driver of a Seat Leon collided with the side wall and caused significant damage after colliding with two pedestrians who were both airlifted to hospital.

Since then, West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has been working to ensure the car park is safe to reopen. It was hoped that the site could reopen on Thursday (October 24), however this did not happen and another collision occurred on Wednesday night (October 23), causing more damage, but thankfully no injuries.

It was then hoped that the car park would reopen on Friday (October 25), however this did not happen and the car park remained closed over the weekend.

WNC posted on social media on Friday evening saying: “Please be aware that St John’s car park is now likely to remain closed until Monday afternoon (28 October) until repair work has been completed and the site has been cleared by our contractors.”

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a number of driving offences, relating to the first incident on October 18. Joshua Coulton, of Military Court, will appear before Northampton Crown Court in December.