The family of a driver who had escape injury after his car hit a lamppost before rolling into a field have thanked the passers-by who stopped to help him.
Police and ambulance crews were called to Lees New Road in Ashton-under-Lyne just after 6pm on Monday.
Photos shared by GMP Traffic on social media show the smashed up Honda CR-V with its windscreen on the ground and both airbags deployed.
Debris from the collision can also be seen scattered down the road.
It is believed the 'mature' driver suffered a possible medical episode at the wheel.
He was taken to hospital where it was established he'd escaped without injury.
GMP Traffic tweeted on Monday night: "Delays between Oldham and Ashton after this Honda CR-V collided with a lamp post on Lees New Road and rolled spectacularly into a field.
"Fortunately no injuries after what was possibly a medical episode at the wheel."
Officers posted an update on Tuesday morning, passing on the driver's family's thanks to all who stopped to help him.
They wrote: "Checks at the hospital revealed no injuries for the mature driver, but he has decided to stop driving and surrender his licence.
"He and family have asked for their thanks to be passed on to the numerous passers by who stopped at the scene to help him before our arrival."
A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 6.03pm to reports of an RTC.
"We sent a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance to the scene and a male patients was taken to Tameside hospital."
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