VIDEO: Driver films shocking car crash

The dashcam footage, taken on the A35 near Dorchester, has been viewed on Youtube almost 30,000 times.

It shows the driver in front crashing through a sign before landing in a ditch.

According to Dorset Police, the driver suffered ‘slight injuries’ in Friday’s crash.

Dorset Police said: “Dorset Police was called at 2.42pm on Friday 23 September 2016 to reports of a single injury road traffic collision on the A35 close to the junction of Winterborne Abbas and Maiden Newton near Dorchester.

“A silver Renault Scenic, registered to a man from Worthing in West Sussex, left the road, crashed through a fence and came to rest in a field.

“The occupants suffered slight injuries.

“No arrests were made.”

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