Firemen had to smash a car window to rescue a grandfather locked in a Mini Cooper last week.

Firefighters from Banstead fire station were called to free the elderly man who was trapped in a car in Elm Road, Ewell, at 10.40am on Thursday.

A crew commander said the elderly man’s daughter accidentally locked him in the car when she went to pick up dogs to take them for a walk.

The daughter collected the dogs from her own daughter's house but left something behind so went back inside again.

The crew commander said: "Foolishly she left the keys in the house and pulled the door to. She was locked out of the house and locked out of the car.

He said: "We broke one of the passenger rear windows to gain access. A firefighter had to climb in there and calm the gentleman down."

Firefighters then waited for BMW Assist, a roadside assistance service, who also could not open the doors which were dead locked.

In the end, the man's grandaughter came home and fetched the car keys from the house.