Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter A driver who followed a police vehicle with its lights on towards the scene of a crash has had his car sezied.
Police say the man, who was driving a blue Seat four-by-four, had been stuck in a queue caused by a road traffic collision (RTC) on the A56, which runs between Bury and Lancashire.
Rather than waiting alongside other people for the traffic to clear, the driver pulled out behind a police car with its lights on and followed it in the direction of the crash.
Officers say they were also told that the man had been driving on the hard shoulder. In a statement, a spokesperson for Lancashire Police said the man had been stopped and his car
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