Residents on a quiet Bolton street have spoken of the terrifying moment a driver went on a 'Grand Theft Auto' style rampage.
The motorist is said to have flown into a temper after being asked to slow down by locals and proceeded to stab one innocent man in the face with a pen before crashing into five cars.
It is possible several of them could be write-offs the Manchester Evening News has been told today.
The drama unfolded on Shrewsbury Road in the Heaton area of the town at around 5pm on Saturday evening.
Locals said a white VW Golf came speeding down the built-up terraced street which was busy with children playing given the nice weather.
However when one local went over to ask him slow down, he says he was stabbed in the face with what he believes to have been a pen, through the window.
After tussling with his victim, the motorist began driving aggressively he said, smashing into a total of five cars parked on the street, as well as a lampost.
Kids were left screaming and running for cover with police swarming the street after the alarm was raised, neighbours have described.
The culrpit has not been traced, GMP said.
The 54 year-old stabbing victim, who did not want to be named, was taken to hospital to for treatment.
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He told the M.E.N: "He must have been going about 40mph and there were lots of kids about so I asked to him to slow down.
"Then he stabbed me in the face. It went right down to the bone. I had no idea what it was at first I just saw the blood.
"He just went crazy and started smashing into the cars. There were at least eight kids out so it's just lucky the cars were parked as they were and he hit them and not any of the kids.
"It was really scary."
Hannah Farrington, 33, who was also out on the street at the time, and whose Vuaxhall Astra was one of those cars damaged said: "It was like Grand Theft Auto gone wrong.
"It looked like he was driving straight for me but the lamppost was in the way.
"It was terrifying. All the kids were screaming and crying. But he didn't seem to care.
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"He had a guy with him in the car and I heard him shout 'stop.'
"He was shouting threats about coming back and burning our houses down.
"My three kids couldn't sleep last night they were that scared."
A 75 year-old man who lives on the street, whose Hyundai was badly damaged, said: "I heard the banging so looked out of the window and then saw it all happen.
"I didn't actually realise he had hit mine at first, I saw my neighbours get shunted so came out and someone said 'you better take a look at yours as well.'
"I've honestly never seen anything like it. It was a complete mess.
"I'm in limbo at the minute waiting for the insurers to come out and assess it.
"Everyone was left pretty scared to be honest and obviously quite angry."
A GMP spokeswoman said: "Shortly before 5pm on Saturday 20 April 2019, police were called to reports that a man had been stabbed on Shrewsbury Road in Heaton, Bolton.
"Following a disturbance, a 54-year-old man received an injury to his face after he was stabbed – with what is believed to have been a pen - by an offender in a white VW Golf.
"The offender fled the scene in the VW Golf and collided with a number of parked cars.
"No arrests have been made.
"Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1697 of 20/04/19 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111."
