Driver fled Butler crash scene

STAFF REPORTER, The West Australian March 16, 2013, 1:02 pm
Driver fled Butler crash scene

The crash scene at Butler. Picture: Michael Toth

Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a crash at Butler yesterday afternoon.

A police spokesman said white sedan ploughed into a lamp post about 4pm on Connolly Drive.

The driver left the scene, leaving onlookers to provide help to the injured passenger.

A man, believed to be an off-duty police officer, gave chase, but lost him in a side street, a witness said.

The passenger was taken to Joondalup hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information about the driver should call police on 131444.


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