A WOMAN was left feeling flustered after accidentally leaving a sex toy in the back of a taxi.

The driver, who works for taxi app Lyft, got a bit of a shock when he glanced into the back of his cab.

Needing to break the embarrassing mistake gently, he decided to send the passenger a polite series of awkward text messages.

He notifies the woman: “Hey this is the driver of the Lyft you were just in, I think you might have left something in my car.”

When he clarifies that a “personal item” has been left behind, the passenger insists that she’s “not missing anything”.

Not being able to find the right words to confess that she’s left a sex toy down the side of one of his seats, the cabbie sends her quick picture.

After realising the cringey blunder, the red-faced woman replies: “Omg I’m so embarrassed!!!”

Worryingly, there hasn’t been a shortage of awkward sex toy stories this year.

Earlier this month, a girl snapped a selfie in her bathroom mirror and sent it to her entire family.

It wasn’t until after she clicked send that her sister pointed out that there were a couple of intimate objects lurking in the background.

In February, a friend immediately regretted helping their best mate to move furniture around.

In the hilarious picture posted to Imgur, the caption read: “Friend moving her mattress today. Guess you can tell what was stored underneath?”

This article originally appeared on The Sun.