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Pictured: The car driver who gives new meaning to being double parked

It's not easy finding somewhere to park at the supermarket - but one shopper found space-saving solution.

Stunned customers looked on as the driver lost control of his car and ended up parked on top of another vehicle.

The automatic Honda Civic shot across pedestrian walkway, smashed through a bench and landed on top of a car in a disabled bay.

This driver gave new meaning to being double parked when his car landed on another vehicle at a supermarket

This driver gave new meaning to being double parked when his car landed on another vehicle at a supermarket

One person, believed to be the driver of the Honda, was taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries.

Student Nick Small, 19, who turned up at the Tesco store, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, minutes after the smash, said: "When I got there the police were already there.

"There was a crowd of people around the two cars and I think everyone was still in shock about what had happened.

"But it didn't take long before everyone saw the funny side and started to take pictures on their camera phones.

"It was an automatic car and people were saying that the driver had just shot backwards and the bench worked as a ramp to make his vehicle mount the other car.

"I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It's certainly not the sort of thing you see every day at the supermarket.

"I could see from the pedals that it was definitely an automatic car."

Wiltshire police spokeswoman Claire Usher said: "At around 12pm yesterday, two vehicles, one of which was parked in a disabled bay, collided in the Tesco car park.

"As a result of the collision, one of the vehicles ended up on top of the other one.

"One person was taken to Salisbury General Hospital with minor injuries."

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