A DRIVER has been treated by paramedics after his car smashed through a garden wall.

He veered off Coldean Lane, Brighton, across a patch of grass and through the wall at around 1pm today.

A neighbour who witnessed the incident said the driver of the car was elderly, and was "taken unwell".

The car, a silver Renault Clio, had a punctured tyre and smashed bonnet.

When The Argus arrived at the crash site, the motorist was receiving treatment in an ambulance.

One fire engine, an ambulance and a police car were called to the scene.

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said the driver was shaken by the crash, but did not have any injuries.