Driver flees overturned car near Elswick

Police are looking for the driver of a car which overturned on a country road.

Officers say the occupant of the vehicle fled the scene after the smash in Elswick near Kirkham.

The overturned car (photo Lancs Road Police).placeholder image
The overturned car (photo Lancs Road Police).

The car collided with a fence and a hedge before coming to rest on its roof in the middle of the lane.

A police spokesman tweeted: "One lucky escape for this driver who didn’t hang around to speak to police."

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