Two ‘flee’ Cliffe Vale smash as driver left in Royal Stoke
Police[1] are hunting for the driver and passenger of a car who fled after a smash on a busy city road left a man in hospital. Officers, paramedics and firefighters were all called out to the smash, on Shelton New Road, in Cliffe Vale, and found two cars had collided.
But officers say the occupants of one of those cars had left the scene. The driver of the other car was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.[2]
The smash happened close to the junction with Penstock Drive at 12.50am on Saturday (September 30). Police, West Midlands Ambulance Service[3] and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service[4] were all called out.
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A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said: "An ambulance and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews discovered two cars had been involved in a collision. The driver of the first car, a man, was treated by ambulance staff for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment. There were no other patients at the scene requiring assessment."
Staffordshire Police have confirmed that officers are still looking for two people who left the scene.
A police spokesman said: "Anyone who witnessed the collision, or those with any CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage of the area at the time, are asked to get in touch with us."
Witnesses should call 101 and quote incident 39 of September 30. Alternatively use the Live Chat option on the force website here.[7]
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References
- ^ Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Royal Stoke University Hospital. (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire daily news blog | Up-to-the-minute local news, sport, weather and more throughout the day (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Pub evacuated and customers hurt as masked yobs detonate fireworks inside venue | Staffordshire Police were called to The Furlong, in Tunstall (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ force website here. (www.staffordshire.police.uk)
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