A MAIN road in Flintshire was shut after a car crashed into a lamppost. 

The incident occurred on the A548 Chester Road between Flint and Connah's Quay on Sunday afternoon. 

Police said the road was closed for a couple of hours after the incident, and photographs show a badly damaged car after it collided with a lamppost. 

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A North Wales Police spokesperson said: "We were called at 2.18pm on Sunday, February 11 following a report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A548 Chester Road between Flint and Connah’s Quay.

"Officers attended the incident, involving a car and a lamppost, to close the road and divert traffic.

"The road reopened at around 4.30pm."