Car overturned on Halifax Road, Blackstone Edge
Date published: 18 February 2016
Photo: Brian Taylor
A58, Halifax Road, Blackstone Edge
Police were called to A58, Halifax Road, Blackstone Edge, this morning (Thursday 18 February) after a car overturned and fell into an embankment.
Officers attended the A58 westbound, close to the White House pub, at 6.30am to find a Vauxhall Astra on its side. The 36 year old male driver was not trapped or injured and was not in need of medical care.
William Orr, who witnessed the accident said: “The car was on its left side facing the direction of travel but it was fully off the carriageway.
"There was a large patch of ice on the road further uphill, caused by water running off the moors & freezing”.
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