A BRADFORD resident feels unbelievably fortunate to have not been involved in a major crash.

The A650 Keighley Road at Frizinghall is closed both ways due to an early-hours collision that involved two police vehicles.

Steven Dalton, 54, says a trip to a 24-hour shop to get milk saved him from potentially being caught up in the smash.

Mr Dalton was on his way back from Manchester to his Shipley Fields home when he noticed the emergency scene.

He said: "I had seen police out and was not sure what they were looking for. I knew there was something going on.

"I did not know if a bomb had exploded, I just saw half the building missing. People were running about. It must have happened seconds before.

"There was rubble on top of a police car and an officer looked injured.

"Another police officer was shouting 'is there anyone else in the building?'.

"I just could not believe what had happened. The whole front of the building has collapsed."

Mr Dalton added: "I stopped at the 24-hour shop for some milk. If I had not stopped, I could have been involved in it.

"That is fate that I went to that shop. I would have slowed down on that section to turn down by the shops.

"I must have an angel looking after me. It was an unbelievable scene.

"Looking at the state of that police car, the police officer is so lucky to be alive."

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