A DRIVER and passenger fled the scene of a crash in the early hours of Sunday morning, after their car knocked over a lamppost.
The pair are said to have abandoned their Mercedes after it smashed into the lamppost in Wood Street, Elton, at around 1.30am.
A fire service spokesman said that police are now investigating the incident, and that a crew from Bury Fire Station spent around 20 minutes making the area safe after a number of electrical cables were exposed when the lamppost was knocked over.
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