GRAN Val Murphy has relived the moment her 13-year-old granddaughter Jasmine was hit by a runaway car that ploughed into the front of Lidl in Warminster.

A 56-year-old woman from Lincolnshire was seriously injured after being trapped between the Peugeot 206 and bollards outside the store in the accident, which happened at midday on Saturday.

She was airlifted to Southmead Hospital with potentially life-changing injuries. Police said she is making steady progress.

A 71-year-old man from Warminster also suffered potentially life-changing injuries and was driven to the Royal United Hospital in Bath, while another man was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Jasmine, a pupil at Kingdown School in Warminster, escaped with just mild concussion, cuts from broken glass and bruises.

She had been returning a trolley to a rack at the front of the store when the car ran into shoppers. The driver, a woman from Salisbury, was unhurt.

Mrs Murphy, 71, of High Street, Dilton Marsh, who was with her at the time of the incident, said “We’d put all our groceries away and Jasmine was taking back the trolley to put it away and all of a sudden we heard this great big crash.

“She got knocked out after hitting her head but we don’t know if it was the car or something else that hit her, but she was only out for a couple of seconds as she got up and ran screaming towards us.

“It was terrible, people were all running around and trying to help the lady who had been caught under the car.

“We were horrified and in complete shock, it’s something you don’t expect to see when shopping.”

Jasmine's mum Trina, 50, of High Street, Dilton Marsh, was working at the time of the accident. She said: “I decided to go out for lunch and I rang up to see how their day was going and what they were doing and I was told what happened.

“Of course you have to be worried in a situation like that as I didn’t know the extent of everything and sometimes as a mother that makes things worse not being there and knowing what was going on.

“For the first few days Jasmine wasn’t herself because of the concussion and she was a bit sleepy, but yes I think she was very lucky, she said that herself.

“Because of what happened to the other people involved she was really lucky and I hope the other people are okay.”

Emergency services, including the Great Western Air Ambulance, fire crews and police attended the scene on Station Road.

Police are appealing for witnesses to contact 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.