accident in the early hours of yesterday.

But the 35-year-old Hamilton Parish man who was involved in it walked away unscathed.

He was travelling west when his car hit a utility pole on South Shore Road just east of the Paget traffic lights, struck a nearby garden wall and landed in someone's front yard, Police reported.

The accident occurred around 3.30 a.m.

The pole was uprooted and badly damaged, while the car, a blue Subaru, was extensively damaged.

Police said the cause of the accident was still under investigation.

The road was blocked off to traffic until 4 p.m. while repairmen removed the damaged Belco pole and installed a new one.

Traffic was diverted to the White Sands Road railway trail.

NEW POLE -- Bermuda Electric Light Company workers install a new utility pole just east of the Paget traffic lights yesterday after a motorist crashed into the original one, uprooting it and knocking down the wall.