Car parked against monument on The Avenue in Southampton

Car parked against statue
Car parked against statue
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IT'S not your average parking spot.

Motorists were this morning greeted with the sight of this car parked up against a monument in Southampton after the driver apparently drove into it - and then walked off.

Police are trying to trace the owner of the car who was seen getting out of the Toyota Starlet and calmly walking away from the scene in The Avenue.

The motorist left the car precariously perched on the side of the statue after the incident that was reported to police just after 6am today just opposite Southampton Magistrates Court.

An eye witness said they remembered the car going past them before coming across it having apparently driven into the stone memorial.

A police spokesman said the incident was being investigated and officers were trying to establish what had happened.

He added that police had attended the scene and the car was not thought to be posing a safety risk.

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