AN horrific crash claimed the lives of two women and injured several more when a lorry crashed through the front of an estate agents.

Horrified onlookers watched in terror as the lorry, loaded with bricks, appeared to lose control on Amersham Hill and Crendon Street in High Wycombe and smashed head-on into Aitchisons at around 2.48pm.

The two dead have not yet been named. Four injured people were taken to Wycombe Hospital including the lorry driver who suffered a head wound.

A pedestrian, who is believed to have jumped out of the way, suffered a leg wound and two men were described as 'walking wounded'. None of them were thought to be seriously injured but were said to be suffering from shock.

The scene in Easton Street was chaos and firefighters had to pull the lorry driver from the wreckage after it smashed into the shop and demolished the shop front.

Two members of staff including partner in the firm, Royston Davis, were in the shop as the lorry careered through the window and into the middle of the estate agents.

Mr Davis was said only to have escaped with his life because he was sitting at a desk when the lorry struck, but his assistant was swept away with the rubble and had to be carried out on a stretcher along with a visiting client.

Ritchie Carroll, from Gerrards Cross, was just yards away when the accident happened and said that the scene was chaos.

He added: "I just saw a van spin round the corner and heard the man driving the lorry beeping his horn.

"The van was knocked out of the way and the lorry just smashed straight into the estate agents. I have never seen anything like it. People were screaming but I don't even remember where it was coming from."

Amersham Hill had to be cordoned off and the lorry appeared to have smashed into several cars on the way down.

The area surrounding the junction has been cordoned off and roads are not expected to reopen until 10pm.