Driver crashed car into lamp post after being distracted by spider

A car crashed into a lamp post after the driver was 'distracted by a spider in the car' on Friday morning.

Emergency services attended the incident on Bourne Valley Road in Poole, Dorset. No-one was seriously injured in the incident, that happened at around 6.45am, but paramedics attended alongside police.



Dorset Fire and Rescue Service's district commander for Westbourne and Springbourne, tweeted:. "Driver was distracted by a spider in the car, could of (sic) been another car that was hit not a lamp post".

The car involved was a blue Fiat Punto registered to a Poole woman. Borough of Poole was also notified because the lamp post was knocked over.