A bleary-eyed driver crashed into a pub garden in Bexleyheath on Sunday morning (Feb 1).

Police were called to the incident involving a car and The Coach House pub in Watling Street at around 12.15pm.

Jason Steel, 43, a Watling Street resident and award-winning photographer, captured the aftermath of the crash (below).

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He said: "A silver Nissan 4x4 lost control and mounted the pavement before knocking down the fence and crashing into the garden wall of the Coach House pub.

"Police and ambulance services were on the scene in minutes and the driver was stretchered into the back of the ambulance to receive medical attention."

The 58-year-old man who drove the car was taken to a south London hospital as a precaution.
 
A woman, 56, who was a passenger was uninjured in the incident.
 
There were no arrests.