A MANHUNT is underway for a driver after fleeing the scene of a crash in Staplegrove.

Police and fire services were called to the roundabout on Silk Mills Lane at around 10.45am this morning after a car crashed into a lamp post.

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We were called at 10.45am to reports of a vehicle crashing into a lamp post at the roundabout on Silk Mills Lane.

"The driver made off from the scene and efforts are on-going to locate them.

"The vehicle is in the process of being removed." 

A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "On arrival the crew confirmed that there was one vehicle involved and that no persons were trapped. The scene and vehicle were made safe."

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