Driver 'runs from scene' of three-car crash as emergency services close road in Bootle

Driver 'runs from scene' of three-car crash as emergency services close road in Bootle Emergency services closed the road after being called out the three-car crash at a busy junction A driver ran from the scene of a three-car pile-up in Bootle on Thursday afternoon as emergency services raced to the scene. Debris was strewn across the busy junction after the smash, which saw three cars damaged. The road was closed while emergency services helped the remaining drivers and passengers. Southport Road was closed between Burnie Avenue and Wolfenden Avenue following the crash at around 5.30pm today. Photographs taken at the scene showed one car positioned sideways across the road, badly damaged with its front bumper and bonnet smashed. A second vehicle could be seen parked at the side of the road nearby. A Merseyside Fire and Rescue spokesman said that the occupants of two of the cars involved in the crash remained at the scene and were unhurt, but the occupants of a third vehicle had fled, Liverpool Echo reports. He said: "Fire crews were called to a road traffic collision this evening on Southport Road, Bootle. Crews were alerted at 5.27pm and on scene at 5.34pm, with two fire engines in attendance. "Crews arrived to find three cars involved in a collision at the junction with Kier Hardie Avenue, all vehicles were on all four wheels. "The occupants of one vehicle had left the scene before the arrival of crews, the occupants of the remaining two vehicles were out of the vehicles on arrival and uninjured. "Crews isolated the battery to one vehicle and applied an absorbent material to the area to make the scene safe. Merseyside Police were in attendance managing traffic. Crews left the scene in the hands of police at 5.55pm." The road had reopened after emergency services left the scene at 6.40pm.