A CAR crashed into a lamppost after the driver was 'distracted by a spider in the car' this morning.

Emergency services attended the incident on Bourne Valley Road on Friday morning where a car collided with a lamppost.

No-one was seriously injured in the incident, that happened around 6.45am, but paramedics attended alongside police.

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service's district commander for Westbourne and Springbourne, tweeted a picture of the crash.

"Driver was distracted by a spider in the car, could of been another car that was hit not a lamppost", the tweet said.

The car involved was a blue Fiat Punto registered to a Poole woman.

Borough of Poole was also notified because the lamppost was knocked over.