High-speed crash involving stolen vehicle ends with one man injured, another on the lam and weed all over the road

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That Mercedes ended up on its roof, with its driver being taken to hospital with minor injuries, while the Volvo driver hightailed it from the scene, according to The Sun. A dramatic, high-speed car crash in South Yorkshire on the morning of Feb. 17 left heaps of cannabis strewn on a roadway and sent one person to hospital with minor injuries. Screen capture from The Sun’s video of loose cannabis on the roadway following crash. / It appears that the bags of cannabis were flung onto the road when the trunk of a Volvo, which was reported stolen, opened after being hit from behind by a Mercedes. Local police managed to collect the weed and an investigation is continuing. “It is believed that the Volvo has been reported stolen and the driver fled the scene prior to police arrival,” a police spokesperson said. “A quantity of suspected cannabis was found at the scene.” Subscribe to Weekend Dispensary, a new weekly newsletter from The GrowthOp. Is that weed?”, later adding that somebody was going to be “in a right f—ing tangle here, aren’t they?” A man, it’s unclear if the same person, can also be heard on the video making his best estimate of weed valuation. “God almighty, there must be five or six thousand pounds worth of drugs,” he notes, adding that the road has been completely blocked off.

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A dramatic, high-speed car crash in South Yorkshire on the morning of Feb. 17 left heaps of cannabis strewn on a roadway and sent one person to hospital with minor injuries.

The collision at about 6:20 a.m. occurred on the A57, close to the Todwick roundabout, according to The Star.

“The Mercedes passed me and the next thing I knew was the car spinning in the air about three times before landing on its roof and then continuing along the road for around 100 metres upside down,” The Star...

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