Emergency services scrambled to a smash on Regent Road on Tuesday evening. The incident involved two cars which appeared to have collided at the junction with Oldfield Road.
Pictures showed the extent of the damage, with a large police presence at the scene. One car, a white Toyota Aygo, was pictured crushed into a set of traffic lights at the usually-busy junction.
Following the incident, which happened on the westbound carriageway heading out of the city centre, towards the M602, traffic built up as far back as the Mancunian Way (A57) as the road was blocked off. An onlooker spoke of how the road was 'chaos' with cars having to squeeze past the incident in single file once the left-hand lane had reopened back up.
