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Car crashes into a ditch and is then ‘set on fire’ – Police search for driver

Wed 21 Dec

The A1M near Thirsk. Photograph © Google Street View

Wed 21 Dec 2022  @ 7:14am
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There was drama on one of North Yorkshire’s main roads in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday).

Emergency services responded at 1.29am to a car on fire in a ditch next to the A1(M) southbound near Baldersby, Thirsk.

Northallerton and Bedale firefighters were called to the scene by police.

A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “The fire was restricted to the driver’s seat and was extinguished by the fire crews.

“They then assisted police searching for the missing driver.

“No sign of the driver and the cause of the fire not attributed to the road traffic collision.”

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