A Fiat 600 has been left upside down on its roof – and the driver has fled the scene on foot – in a collision on Middle Road this afternoon (Monday) – the third RTC of the afternoon on the Isle of Wight.
Police received reports of a car having overturned on Calbourne Road at around 16:30, with witnesses telling Island Echo that a member of the public initially turned to pursue the driver.
On scene, officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary are working to ascertain the location of the driver, having arrived on scene to find the vehicle empty.
It is unclear how the Fiat came to be on its roof.
At the scene, unusual items could be seen to have fallen out of the vehicle, including a china teapot, maps and a copy of The Telegraph.
Firefighters from Newport are in attendance in the interests of safety.
Police have begun their search in the surrounding area for the driver, as well as any passengers that may have been inside the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Middle Road has been blocked in both directions, with motorists being diverted locally via Forest Road.
UPDATE @ 17:35 – A spokesperson for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that officers have located and detained a man on Betty Haunt Lane.
The spokesperson said:
“We were called at 4:36pm with reports of a single vehicle collision on Calbourne Road.
“A car rolled onto its roof before the driver exited the vehicle and left the scene on foot.”
UPDATE – The scene has now been cleared following recovery of the vehicle.
UPDATE TUESDAY – Island Echo understands that the vehicle had been reported as stolen on Sunday.
“THE MOST UNSAFE ROADS IN BRITAIN”
Unless something to hide why leave a
vehicle involved in an accident!!
TIME FOR “ENFORCED” 20MPH
IT’S NOT A WAYMO, THEY HAVEN’T ARRIVED ON
THE ISLAND YET! UNLESS THE ROOF SEASON
HAS ARRIVED EARLY!
Ho Ho Ho
Give it up are you enough enough.. nothing to do with roads it’s the shit driving standards..
You are quite right driving standards are shit
but unless the authorities put safety measures in
place such as speed camera’s, speed humps etc etc
island roads will NEVER be safe.
Lord Sir Sadiq Khan made the roads in the Big smoke
safe, it can be done.
We cannot reply on numpties obeying to the rules.
Show me an island Road / Street that states 20mph
AND VEHICLES ADHERE TO 20MPH
THAT’S BECAUSE THEY DON’T!
By the way I stopped using Enough is Enough because
some other Numpty copied my name.
So many numpties on the Island
Bless them
Well he likes tea & he votes Tory & can read. That should make it easy to track him down
F ix
I t
A gain
T ony
Well said.
Perhaps he was having a cup of tea,.. and forgot to look where he was going…
Something was obviously brewing.
Obviously a case of drink (tea) driving!
I agree that maybe a china teapot was an unusal item to have in an upside car but not The Telegraph.
4accidents in 1 day!!! I cannot believe this island for bad drivers always in a hurry don’t let motorists out even though road ahead full of traffic like it effects their journey !! Ignorant I say.
That is because there are NO speed camera’s and
hardly any traffic police and road safety is ZERO!
Why walk away from the incident? It’s not as if there will be any punishment for the numerous offences committed.
Could he be a Tea Leaf!
Seeing the teapot
Lol
Reading the Telegraph can do strange things to people !
All of you that keep on moaning about the lack of police etc, write to the Chief Constable about your concerns, that is if you can write? Or maybe the Commissioner, Donna Jones, I am sure that she would like to hear from you. But you won’t, because you love to moan and see your letter/opinion on this site which cannot do anything about it.
Well said!