A driver was injured after a car crashed and ended up wrapped around a lamppost in Charlton. 

The yellow and black car crashed into a post along the busy Woolwich Road, just before the roundabout at Gallon Close.

The accident happened at 12.45pm this afternoon (February 5), and emergency services were quickly on the scene.

MORE TOP STORIES The London Ambulance Service (LAS), which was called to reports of an accident involving a car and lamppost, sent an ambulance crew to the scene. 

They treated the male driver, reportedly in his twenties, before taking him to Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Woolwich.

The crash caused traffic problems in the area.

More to follow.

Did you see what happened? Contact Rebecca.Flood@london.newsquest.co.uk or 07584348314.

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