RESIDENTS of Wellesley Park, Wellington, were left stunned on Sunday morning (July 7) when lightning appeared to have struck twice as a luxury car crashed into a row of parked vehicles.
It was an almost identical incident to one which occurred in March when a Land Rover Discovery crashed into a line of parked cars in the same location.
The latest smash involved a Range Rover which ploughed into parked cars and a wall in Wellesley Park shortly after 11.30am on Sunday.
![Police attend Sunday's crash in Wellesley Park, Wellington.](https://www.wellington-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/08/12/28/20240708_132542.jpg?trim=131,0,2,0&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
The driver, a man aged 30, was arrested at the scene by police and taken to Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, to be checked as a precaution.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the man was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs.
A spokesperson said: “He was discharged from hospital a short time later, taken into custody, and interviewed.
![The damaged Range Rover is removed after Sunday's smash in Wellesley Park, Wellington.](https://www.wellington-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/08/12/39/WWN-Wellesley-Park-car-crash-July-1.jpg?trim=133,0,0,0&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
“He has since been released under investigation and inquiries continue.”
One resident who saw the aftermath of Sunday’s incident told the Wellington Weekly: “It is bizarre. Both vehicles were big SUVs and they hit the same row of parked cars.”
In the March incident, four parked cars were shunted into each other and one was written-off.
![The scene in Wellesley Park, Wellington, after Sunday's car crash.](https://www.wellington-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/08/12/20/WWN-Wellesley-Park-Wellington-crash-July-5.jpg?trim=124,0,9,0&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
The wreckage which littered the street was said to have left it ‘looking like a war zone.’
The driver on that occasion, a 22-year-old woman, was later fined and banned from driving for three years after admitting being more than twice over the legal drink-driving limit and driving without insurance.