Over Hulton: Car flips over on its roof after hitting wall
The crash on Newbrook Road in Over Hulton[1] damaged more than two parked cars and cracked a porch window. A pelican crossing was also damaged in the crash. Emergency services were called to Newbrook Road last night (Wednesday, December 21).
Smashed window of a house (Image: Newsquest) One of the residents who had their wall damaged said: “Debris has smashed the window. The wall is damaged, my next door neighbour’s van, his car, my car, my wife’s car, the houses, and there is debris everywhere.
“He lost control somewhere.” The overturned car (Image: Public) Bricks and debris were strewn over the front yards of the two houses.
Crash[2] damage could be seen on the front end of the one car and there was a scratch down the side of it, another was covered in dirt and a van’s window had been smashed. The resident continued: “They came straight across the main road, and hit the corner of our wall head on. “It was probably 2am before it was all finished.
The recovery truck couldn’t take anything away so the police had to stay. Damage following the crash (Image: Newsquest) “It’s madness, isn’t it.”
Another resident said: “Given the fact that the fire service and police would certainly have been in attendance (the pelican crossing signal has gone and the other has a bag over it), would it not be too much for the council to arrange safe crossing for the children during the morning/after school, in what is already one of the worst and most dangerous crossings in Bolton[3] anyway.”
A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson said that there didn’t look to have been any serious injuries and that the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU).