A man and two boys have miraculously escaped serious injury after their car was hit head-on by a Ford Focus as it was driven down the wrong side of a major road in Leeds.
The Ford did not stop for police when traffic officers spotted it on Black Moor Road, Moortown. It then immediately began driving the wrong way down the A6120 Ring Road and was not followed by police.
The Ford then crashed into a white Audi A3 and caused "significant" damage to both cars. Two men then jumped out of the Focus and ran away from the scene.
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A man and two boys, who were inside the Audi, were rushed to hospital but were not seriously injured. West Yorkshire Police said: "Shortly before 7.43pm yesterday (Sun), a silver Ford Focus estate failed to stop for a roads policing unit in Black Moor Road, Moortown.
"The Focus immediately drove the wrong way on the A6120 Ring Road and was not pursued. It was then involved in a collision with a white Audi A3 causing significant damage to both vehicles.
"Two men ran off from the Focus. The occupants of the Audi, a man and two boys, were checked by ambulance staff at the scene and taken to hospital as a precaution but were not seriously injured.
"Officers searched the area for the men who ran off but they were not found and enquiries are ongoing to identify them. The road closure was then lifted at 9.35pm when the road cleared."
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