Three men escape with minor injuries as dramatic pictures show car flipped onto roof in Rochdale crash

Three men were lucky to escape just minor injuries after a car was flipped on its roof during a crash in Rochdale. Dramatic images show the vehicle heavily damaged.

Paramedics and police rushed to the scene of the crash following reports of a collision on Shawclough Road on Friday afternoon at 1:04pm. The road was briefly closed to traffic.

Miraculously, three men involved in the collision sustained only minor injuries and did not require a hospital visit, a spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said.

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The added: "We were called at 13.04 to reports of an RTC.

"We sent an ambulance but looking at the log, the three males involved had minor injuries and did not require a hospital visit."

Fire crews had to be called after the collision (Vicki Ashman)

Pictures from the scene show fire crews working to remove the car from the centre of the road. It appeared to have flipped over and landed near a grassy area next to the pavement.

The car was heavily damaged in the crash. The pictures show the windows of the vehicles smashed and the roof caved in.