Aberdeen road shut after car crash

Police briefly closed a road in Northfield tonight after a car hit a lamp post.

Officers were called to Provost Rust Drive to the collision, involving a Skoda Octavia, at around 9pm.

Firefighters from the North Anderson Drive station were also sent to the scene.

But they were not needed and the road was reopened by 9.30pm.

A police spokesman said: “It was a car v a lamp post.

“The road was shut but reopened when the car was moved off the road.

“There is no mention of anyone being hurt.”