A tradesman decided to take a different approach and has been hailed as an ‘absolute legend’ on social media after he was pictured casually eating his KFC on the side of the road next to his mangled vehicle he had destroyed after crashing into a power pole.

Can you blame the lad?

As reported by 7News, the incident occurred as the man was leaving a KFC drive-through in Adelaide, Australia, where he lost control of his Holden Captiva at the exit and smashed his vehicle directly into the power pole sending power lines flying across 4 lanes of traffic.

I mean it'd be a shame for it to go cold... Image Credit: 7News/News.com.au

Having completely removed the power pole from the ground, the impact of the crash was so severe that it caused power outages to nearby homes and businesses for several hours and caused significant traffic delays as all lanes of traffic needed to be closed on the busy road.

Perhaps realising he was going to be there a while and not wanting his food to go cold, the tradesman was snapped casually enjoying his KFC on the scene of the smash, fortunately unharmed by the accident.

Let’s be clear - Fried chicken is extremely important and social media users loved the endearing nature of the moment.

One user suggested that this could be a priceless bit of publicity that KFC should capitalise on, saying “That’s a KFC advert you can’t beat. Hope he gets a free bucket at least for this”.

The crash scene following the impact. Image Credit: 7News/News.com.au

“Knocked down power lines, caused traffic chaos and caused a mass power outage, lucky to not hurt anyone. Did somebody say KFC?” another person wrote.

(H/T 7News/news.com.au)