ONE Christmas shopper may have been in a bit too much of a rush to get away.

This picture shows how the dark green car backed up on to the silver Renault behind it.

The fire service has said the prang in a retail park in Brooks Road, Lewes, was caused by one car reversing on top of another.

Phill Law, 31, was visiting from his Brighton home when he took the picture.

He said: "When the driver hit the curb the back end bounced up on to the bonnet of the other car.

"I just thought, 'Oh no.'"

Mark Whitaker, the manager of Topps Tiles, ran outside to see what had happened just after 11.30am today.

He said: "I really don't know how it happened. All I can suss out from the lady who was driving is that it was an unfortunate accident and she's really sorry about it.

"The guy [who owns the Renault] was really not that annoyed about it.

"At the end of the day nobody was in the car and nobody was hurt, which is the main thing."

A fire crew from Newhaven was sent to the scene but no major action was taken.

A spokeswoman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue said: "The incident involved two private vehicles.

"One vehicle was found to have reversed on to the second vehicle.

"The crew cordoned off the scene and made the area safe. The incident was then handed over to the vehicle owners to await recovery."