An accident involving a mechanical digger led to a significant flood in a town in England.

Accidental flooding

Accidental flooding

A road in Wednesbury was flooded, with cars being submerged under water and houses being damaged, after a contractor on a mechanical digger damaged a water pipe.

Pete Aspley, from South Staffordshire Water, told the BBC: ''It was quite a spectacular eruption.

''It was a contractor working on the electricity network on a mechanical digger that physically hit the main and led to catastrophic failure.''

Water supplies were lost for around two hours after the incident occurred, and three schools in the area were temporarily closed.