Driver flees as woman seriously injured in crash

Emily Doughty
BBC News, Yorkshire
Google A Google Streetview image of Wetherby Road in Leeds. The road stretches off into the distance. On one side of the there are trees and grass and on the other side a telegraph pole and a brick-built bungalow.Google
The crash happened in Wetherby Road near to the rear car park of Roundhay Park

A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after the car she was travelling in hit a wall.

The woman was a passenger in a silver Audi A1 when it crashed in Wetherby Road, in Oakwood, Leeds, at about 03:50 BST on Sunday.

West Yorkshire Police said the driver of the vehicle, believed to be a man, fled the scene of the crash before emergency services arrived.

The force has appealed for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.

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