A Citroen C4 drove in Hordle, Hampshire, at speeds of up to 40mph with the 8ft by 6ft metal frame balancing precariously on top of it. A back seat passenger was even seen with their arm out of the window holding onto the structure.

Local care manager Theresa Mulberry was a passenger in the car behind and filmed the scene.

She told The Metro: “My initial reaction was just ‘oh my God what is going on?’ My husband was driving so I started filming from the passenger seat, it was just madness.

“We followed it for a good two miles before it turned off and you could hear it clunking about. There was even someone on the back seat with his arm out the window holding on for extra support.

“Thankfully there was no glass and it was just the metal frame, otherwise it could have gone everywhere.”