CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a car dramatically ploughed through the window of a beauty salon.

The video shows a silver car leaving a side junction as a navy blue Vauxhall Astra comes past, mounting the kerb before smashing through the front of Link Beauty's window.

The footage was released by taxi company Thanet Cars after they received calls claiming it was one of their taxis which caused the crash.

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Company facilitator of Thanet Cars Andy Doody said: "The reason I put the clips on yesterday is because lots of people were ringing up saying it was our cars that caused the incident.

"People were also going mental on Facebook, it is not fair and the CCTV proves it was not us or our drivers.

"After we released the videos the majority of people did say fair enough and the clips are there to let people make their minds up."

VIDEO: The moment a car smashed into a beauty salon

Bozena Miskovicova, 53, of Northdown Road, Cliftonville, said the occupants of the car were lucky to be alive after the crash in Athelstan Road, Cliftonville, at 9.20pm on Sunday night which badly damaged Link Beauty.

On Monday morning engineers were surveying the scene and the car was removed later that day.

Mrs Miskovicova, who lives just across the road from the incident said she was incredibly scared for the people inside the car.

She said: "It was very scary.

"I had gone to bed when my husband's sister, Anna, started jumping up and down and shouting oh my God something bad has happened.

"We heard this huge bang and looked out to see this, lots of people rushed out to help.

"We were very shocked and I was scared that the people inside were dead.

"They are very lucky, if they had have hit the wall instead of the glass I think they would have died.

"It was a very stressful time yesterday for everyone who saw it."

Police were called just before 9.20pm and flats above the business were evacuated.

The building will be cordoned off until it has been declared safe.

The driver of the car was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.