Police hunt taxi driver after pedestrian mowed down in hit-and-run

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This is the moment a taxi driver ploughed into a pedestrian before speeding off in a shocking hit-and-run. Police are now hunting for the cabbie following the crash in Rochdale.

CCTV footage shows the white taxi first pull up on the pavement, before it turning right into a side street. But as it crosses the junction a man steps off the pavement into its path. READ MORE: Man dies after being struck by a van outside Co-op store He's thrown onto the bonnet before falling to the floor and rolling across the road.

The taxi driver then reverses, before speeding away. Luckily the victim was not seriously injured. Police have launched an investigation and say attempts are being made to trace the taxi.

No arrests have been made at this stage. The hit-and-run took place at about 8.20pm on Thursday at the junction of Milkstone Road and Ashfield Road in Deeplish.