Police were called late last night when a car crashed into a lamppost on Mayfield Grove in Harrogate and the driver and a passenger fled.
A resident woken by the commotion sent these images to the Stray Ferret and described hearing the driver and another man in the vehicle beg passers-by not to call the police before running off.
The driver had tried to reverse the car out of the hedge and grass verge after it hit the lamppost and spun out of control but were unable to do so.
The resident, who did not wish to be named, said he was in bed when he heard a loud bang followed by shouting. He added:
“I got up to have a look. A large crowd had gathered and I could hear voices saying ‘don’t call the police’. People were saying ‘why don’t you want us to call the police?’
“The two men then ran down the back roads and one deliberately smashed his phone on the floor. They both legged it.”
The resident said the police arrived 20 minutes later and removed the black VW Golf at about 12.30am this morning.
The lamppost was repaired by the morning.
The resident said Mayfield Grove was notorious for anti-social behaviour and cars with modified exhausts often drove along the road at excessive speeds.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said:
“Officers attended reports of a damage-only collision just after 11pm. The driver had left the vehicle, which was recovered by police and enquiries are ongoing.”
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