A DRIVER walked away uninjured after a van crashed into a telegraph pole.

Emergency services were called to Old Shoreham Road, Brighton, between the junction of York Grove and Prestonville Road at 7.15am.

Sussex Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service received a report of a van hitting a telegraph pole.

The driver was not injured but the telegraph pole was damaged and leaning over the road.

The road has been closed at the Stanford Road, Prestonville Road and Old Shoreham Road junctions.