Two cowardly drivers fled the site of the car crashes last night and left Humberside Fire and Rescue to clean up the mess they had left behind.
In Heads Lane, Hessle, an injured passenger had to be rescued from a vehicle on Saturday night before being hospitalized for further treatment.
Later, just after 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, Humberside Fire & Rescue put out a huge fire on Marlborough Avenue, Hull after a car crashed into a hollow.
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The crews were called to Heads Lane at 7.41 p.m. after a collision between two cars, according to their protocol.
Their recording of the incident reads: “Two cars collided on a road.
“55-year-old male passenger trapped medically in the first vehicle, driver fled.
“Crew stabilized vehicle and roof removed to facilitate rescue.
“Patient admitted to hospital with pelvic, back and abdominal injuries.
“Adult man released from second vehicle without injuries.
The incident was left to the police.
A spokeswoman for Humberside Fire and Rescue confirmed that two engines, a rescue support unit and an escort unit were on site.
The hollow the car drove into on Marlborough Avenue
On Marlborough Avenue, Hull, residents suffered a rude awakening around 3:20 a.m. when a red car crashed into a heap and other parked vehicles, causing a major fire in the street.
“It woke us up. The car horn went on all the time,” said a woman who lived a few doors away from the hollow.
“There was a big fire in the middle of the street and there were small explosions from it.
“It must have been a storm to hit the hollow with such force as to move it.”
A fragment of what looks like molten glass embedded in the pavement of Marlborough Avenue after the car fire just after 3 a.m. on Sunday morning
“I was concerned that someone was in the vehicle,” said a male resident, who was one of the first to witness the consequences and first saw the car smoke.
“I went back to my house to get a fire extinguisher, but when I got back it had caught fire and was too strong to put out.
“It was about a minute before [the fire] was in full swing. “
He added that he had heard a neighbor watched the male driver flee the crime scene towards Princes Avenue and described him as “shaky” and “drunk”.
The driver escaped from the crime scene in that direction, toward Princes Avenue. One resident said he heard he was seen “shaky and visibly drunk”.
Both eyewitnesses said the fire brigade “arrived within minutes”.
The driver is also said to have come from Richmond Street to Marlborough Avenue and collided with parked cars en route.
Commenting on the incident, Humberside Fire and Rescue said: “A vehicle fire following a road traffic collision in which a car was driven into several parked vehicles and skipped.
“Crews cleared with a hose reel.
“The driver ran away before the ambulance service arrived. The incident was left to the police.”
It is not yet known whether one of the two fleeing drivers was caught by the police.
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