A car hit a lamppost and flipped onto its side while taking a turn onto Ottways Lane in Ashtead this morning.

Epsom and Leatherhead fire crews were called out at 7am to assist the stricken passenger of a red Kia.

The passenger, believed to be a care home worker in his late thirties, was helped out of the car and treated for minor injuries by the South East Coast Ambulance Service.