Mystery crash causes thousands of pounds worth of damage in Greenfield

Damage caused by the mystery crash

A late night incident which is believed to have involved three cars destroyed  thousands of pounds worth of fencing and wrecked gates at a moorland farm has left a mystery.

It happened on the A635 Greenfield-Holmfirth road last Friday night when a one car was seen on CCTV  to turn over at least three times before coming to a halt on the way into Greenfield.

The footage shows car drivers stopping to assist at the scene and farmers have taken to social medía asking if anybody was driving past at the time of the incident. They fear someone is badly injured due to the blood covered towel left at the scene.

One of the farmers said: “The incident  happened at 11.02pm, with at least two cars crashing  through fencing and gates at the farm. The damage was unreal.

“Afterwards, head torches appeared and it took until 12.34am to remove the cars and they cleaned up any evidence of them crashing.

“One car is seen on our CCTV flipping over at least three times before stopping. Cars can be seen stopping to assist,  hence asking if anybody was driving past at the time?

“We fear someone is badly injured due to the blood covered towel left at the scene and police/ambulance were never notified. Any information will be greatly appreciated.”

Greater Manchester Police said: “We only found out the next day from a third party. When we arrived everything had been cleared or removed.

“As a result we have nothing to investigate as it is classed as a damage only road traffic accident  as no one has reported any injuries.”

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