Car crashes into tree after man 'mounted moving vehicle' near Leeds Toby Carvery
A man has been arrested after allegedly mounting a moving car and assaulting the driver
A man was arrested after a reported assault led to a car crashing into a tree at a roundabout in the Oulton area of Leeds on Tuesday evening.
Police were called to the junction of Wakefield Road and Methley Road, near the Toby Carvery, shortly after 7pm following reports of a pedestrian attempting to interfere with moving traffic.
According to West Yorkshire Police, the man was reported to have climbed onto a moving car before assaulting the driver through an open window.
The vehicle then collided with a road sign and a tree.
Officers attended the scene and located the pedestrian, a 34-year-old man, who was taken to hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.
He was arrested on suspicion of assaulting the driver and remains in hospital while enquiries continue.
A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received an emergency call at 7.10pm yesterday (26 May) to report a road traffic incident on Aberford Road in Leeds.
“An ambulance and the air ambulance were dispatched to the scene and one patient was conveyed to hospital by road.”
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with footage of the incident to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Roads Policing Unit on 101 or via the West Yorkshire Police live chat service, quoting crime reference number 13260297000.