A photo from the scene of a Beckenham crash resulting in a person being taken to hospital shows a completely smashed up car.

Emergency services were called to reports of a crash at the junction of Rectory Road and Southend Road at 10pm on Tuesday (October 22).

The person was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital where their condition was not assessed as life-threatening.

The picture shows a car in the middle of the road, with its front destroyed.

Its boot is open and there are pieces of debris scattered across the road surrounding the car.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 10pm yesterday (22 October) to reports of a road traffic collision at the junction of Rectory Road and Southend Road, Beckenham.

“We sent an ambulance crew to the scene and treated a patient before taking them to hospital.”