Teen cut free from overturned car

Firefighters were called to Upholland Road in Billinge at 3.30am this morning, Sunday, following the crash to free a teenager, aged around 17, who was trapped in the back of the car.

They freed the man from the car before leaving him and another passenger, who had freed himself from the vehicle, with paramedics. The driver of the car fled the scene.

A fire service spokesman said: “The car had been involved in a police chase and ended up on its roof. The passenger in the back hadn’t been wearing a seat belt so he had been thrown about a bit.

“It took about 20 minutes for us to get him out and we had to cut the back seat out before we managed to get him out the back door. He was about 17 years old.

“The driver had done a runner and the other passenger seemed ok.”