A BUS shelter in Pidley was destroyed in a road accident on Monday.

Police were called to the High Street at 12.45pm to reports that a car had crashed into the bus shelter, before entering a ditch at the side of the road.

The Mistubishi Shogun also struck a telegraph pole, which was knocked over.

An ambulance attended and treated the driver, a woman in her 60s, for minor injures.

BT and Highways were contacted to clear up the damage.