Every Tuesday morning, 91原创 residents Bob and Val Wilkie get together with some friends at Porter's Bistro Coffee & Tea House in the historic Murrayville building at the five corners intersection of 216 street and 48 Avenue.

They arrived this Tuesday (Aug. 23) to discover the bistro was closed.

One window had been boarded up behind yellow caution tape and a sign said the shop was closed for repairs due to a Monday night accident.

"What happened?" Bob Wilkie asked a Times reporter.

Around 7 p.m. Monday night, after Porter's was closed, a grey Honda Civic driven by a young woman apparently hopped the curb while making a turn in the roundabout and came to a stop against the wall beside the doorway.

The driver did not appear injured, but the force of the crash scattered glass and debris inside Porter's.

Police and fire crews attended the scene.

Wally Martin, who lives across the street, said he heard the crunching noise of the car impact around 7 p.m. as he was getting ready for dinner.

Martin (who took the photo of the crash scene seen below) is a big fan of the roundabout, which he said has substantially reduced collisions at the five-way intersection since it was built.

But there is no speed limit sign on the roundabout to tell motorists to slow down, Martin notes.

"They should put it right on the centre island," he said.

He has seen drivers take the tight turn "on two wheels" sometimes.

It is not the first time a driver has lost control in the roundabout, Martin added.

About two years ago, he said, a car hit the curb near Porter's, missing the building but destroying a tire.

The driver carried on up the street on his rim, sending sparks flying, Martin recalled.