EMERGENCY services rushed to a Greenock street after a car crashed and then burst into flames. Fire crews were called to Nicol Street around 2pm yesterday after reports that the vehicle had slammed into a lamp post and caught fire. The three door vehicle ploughed through a fence onto wasteland and it s believed the driver left the scene before emergency services arrived. The road was cordoned off as onlookers watched two fire crews work extinguish the flames. Scottish Fire & Rescue confirmed that there were no reported casualties and said they secured the area before reopening the road. A SFRS spokesperson said: We were alerted at 1.51pm on Monday to reports of a car on fire at Nicol Street, Greenock.
TRUCK DRIVER CAUSES HAVOC
Reckless Truck driver causes multiple collision.
According to JMPD spokesman Wayne Minaar the accident happened on Saturday behind flora clinic on the down hill of William Nicol Street.
Minnaar said the truck that caused an accident was transporting chrome from Rustenburg to City Deep. The truck collided into rear of van and SUV vehicle which were both stationary at a traffic light .The driver of the van was seriously injured and was airlifted to Milpark Hospital, he said.
He added that the passenger of the van was also serious and was transported to Flora clinic .
Minnaar said the driver of the SUV was only slightly injured.
U.S. Marshals have doubled their reward to $10,000 for information leading to the location and arrest of 29-year-old Massachusetts resident Qinxuan Pan, who is wanted for questioning after being named a "person-of-interest" in the murder of Yale University graduate student, Kevin Jiang.
The U.S. Marshals are searching for a man wanted for questioning in connection to the death of a Yale graduate student. They said they are increasing a reward.
The manhunt for Qinxuan Pan, the person of interest wanted for questioning in connection to Yale University graduate student Kevin Jiang’s homicide, remains ongoing Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to Fox News, as authorities, entering the second week of their search, keep efforts to locate Pan focused on Georgia.