UPDATE: Police looking for driver after crash in Brook Street

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This area is home to the main campus of the University of Central Lancashire and includes news about Friargate, one of the major shopping areas in the city and Plungington an area inhabited by thousands of students.

Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle which burst into flames after hitting a wall in Brook Street. At around 6am this morning (Tuesday January 15) the vehicle, […]

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