A car 'somersaulted' into a field after crashing on a snow-covered moorland road Remarkably the driver walked away with just minor injuries following the smash on the remote road between Oldham and West Yorkshire.
Emergency services were called to the scene on New Hey Road near Denshaw at about 5.35pm on Monday. Firefighters said the driver 'managed to escape with relatively minor injuries'.
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A statement on the Slaithwaite fire station Facebook page said: "The team at Slaithwaite were called to single car road traffic collision on A640 New Hey Road, up near the old Nont Sarah's pub. The car had left the road doing a somersault onto the verge.
"Luckily the only person in the car was the driver and they managed to escape with relatively minor injuries after being assessed by YAS on scene. The crew made the scene safe disconnecting the battery to prevent any chance of a fire from damaged electrics."
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