Blackpool crash sees Ford Focus plunge into lamppost and shop front in Central Drive

By Matthew Calderbank
Published 7th Nov 2022, 12:15 BST
Updated 7th Nov 2022, 12:15 BST
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A driver did a runner after toppling a lamppost and ploughing through a shop front in Blackpool this morning (Monday, November 7).

Police were called to the scene in Central Drive shortly after midnight, where they found a Ford Focus had smashed into a shop near the junction with Palatine Road.

The driver had already fled the scene, leaving the wrecked Ford on the pavement next to a 30ft lamppost leaning precariously over the road.

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The car was towed away and police say an investigation is under way to trace the driver and owner.

The driver made off from the scene after crashing into a lamppost and a shop front in Central Drive shortly after midnightThe driver made off from the scene after crashing into a lamppost and a shop front in Central Drive shortly after midnight
The driver made off from the scene after crashing into a lamppost and a shop front in Central Drive shortly after midnight
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A police spokesman said: “We were called at around 12.10am this morning (Monday, November 7) to reports a car had collided with a lamppost and a shop on Central Drive.

"The driver of the vehicle made off from the scene. Enquiries are ongoing.”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting log 0009 of November 7.