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Hull's social media sensation Ronnie Pickering was pictured having a pint at the scene of a crash after a car narrowly avoided crashing through a beer garden.

The accident happened on Friday afternoon outside The Saltshouse pub in Dungevan Road, east Hull, where it is believed an elderly woman lost control of her blue Toyota Yaris before "shooting through" the pub's garden.

Ronnie, who shot to fame after footage of him rowing with a moped driver in Sutton went viral on Youtube, was pictured sitting on one of the smashed up tables beside the car enjoying an afternoon pint.

Passing motorists could see the vehicle had crashed through a white fence before smashing into a wooden table outside the pub, narrowly avoiding hitting the premises.

Ronnie admits he was shocked when he came across what had happened.

He said: "I was only coming to the Salthouse Tavern for a bite to eat and was a bit surprised to see this.

"It looks like the car must have took off and ploughed nose first into the area where people sit.

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"Luckily, no one was sitting outside or who knows what would have happened. It wouldn't have been good."

One punter said that an elderly woman, who was believed to have been the driver, has lost control of the vehicle.

He said: “It was an old woman or something. She must have slipped on the pedals or something. Bless her. If she had gone further up she’d have gone into the pub.”

Customers were deeply concerned for the driver who was said to have been receiving treatment from paramedics inside the premises.

Dale King, who tends to the gardens at The Saltshouse, believes the driver had clipped the kerb and lost control before shooting through the tables.

The 56-year-old said: “I thought it was a joyrider at first because you only see this sort of thing when it is joyriders.

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“When I found out it was an old woman my concerns went to her. Poor woman, she will be shook up.”

No-one else is believed to have been involved in the accident but one customer, who did not wish to be named, said that ‘it could have been a lot worse’.

She said: “I reckon if it would have been in the summer it could have been a lot worse. It’s a good thing that nobody was sat there at the time.”

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