POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a driver failed to stop following a road traffic collision.

At 16.50pm on Friday March 17 the driver of a red Peugeot 206 collided with a parked Range Rover on Buccleuch street in Barrow.

The motorist then drove away, abandoning the vehicle on the junction of Buccleuch street and Rawlinson street.

The driver was wearing a black tracksuit and black hoodie and was last seen running along Buccleuch Street towards Emlyn street.

Anyone with information should contact Cumbria Constabulary on 101 using the log number 154 or telephone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555-111.