A MOTORIST in his 90s escaped unharmed after his car collided with a lorry in Newton Abbot town centre.

The driver, 93, and from Abbotskerswell, was checked over by paramedics after the collision near the Argos store in Queen Street just after 3pm yesterday.

He did not need to go to hospital.

Police also attended the scene of the accident between the man’s Citroen and a Booker delivery lorry.

An ambulance spokesman said the driver was a little bit shaken up by the ordeal.