A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a Mercedes crashed through railings in central London and ended up wedged between a building and the street.

The Mercedes-Benz C220 crashed into the Fountain House serviced apartment block on Lancaster Terrace on Friday.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “The driver of the car did not require hospital treatment. He was arrested on suspicion of drink-drive offences [and] taken into custody at a south-west London police station.”

The sight of the Mercedes wedged into the drop amazed onlookers streaming out of Lancaster Gate station on Friday, who queued to take photographs.

The manager of the apartment block said she was glad the driver was unharmed.