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- A learner driver reportedly smashed into a lamp post in Watford
- Emergency services closed part of Whippendell Road at around 12pm
- Pictures show the lamp post strewn across the road and car crumpled
- The driver is not believed to have been badly injured
- Delays have remained throughout the day as work to remove it continues
- The electrical connection remained live, which complicated the clean-up process
- Highways workers were waiting for a lorry-mounted crane to remove the lamp post
- A small road closure remains in place near Sydney Road but traffic has eased
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