This was the dramatic scene in north London this morning after a vehicle careered off the road, flipped and came to rest on its roof in the middle of a pavement.
One man was taken to hospital - and later arrested on suspicion of drink driving - after the crash shortly before 5am on Fore Street, Edmonton, Scotland Yard said. He miraculously escaped serious injury.
A Met spokesman said the man, in his 20s, remained in police custody.
Debris can be seen strewn across the road in pictures of the incident outside a pharmacy and a newsagent.
Waste from a rubbish bin taken out by the crashed vehicle lies among the mangled wreckage of fencing separating pedestrians from the road.
Police shut the road for more than six hours while the mess was cleared and the car was recovered.
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