Hawzah News Agency (Oxford - UK) - Bollards have been installed outside an Oxford Islamic centre 'to prevent someone being killed' after a string of car crashes.

The wall outside the Ahlul Bayt Centre has been destroyed twice within a year, and remains reduced to rubble, following the incidents.

Most recently a drug dealer was jailed after fleeing from a car containing crack cocaine when it crashed into the wall of the Oxford Road centre during a police chase.

Now three metal bollards have been placed along the stretch of pavement by Oxfordshire County Council after the Islamic centre appealed to Cowley Marsh city councillor Sajjad Malik for help.

He said: "The worry was someone could be injured or killed if another crash happened there.

"I'm pleased we've been able to get something done to help."

Islamic Centre manager Mohammad Dilpazir echoed this saying: "Bricks and mortar can be replaced but people can't. It wasn't the wall we were worried about, that will get rebuilt in time."

He explained: "My main concern was what happens if somebody is walking there when another crash happens. It would be a disaster.

"It's a very popular route with schoolchildren and is near bus stops so it is used very often."