Man who ran half-naked from Bolton car crash sentenced

Mark Richards, aged 48, was involved in a crash on Wigan Road in Bolton on Saturday, January 17.

The incident took place at the junction of the main road and Beaumont Road at around 3pm that day, with three cars involved.

But Richards, who is from Skelmersdale, was seen in the aftermath of the crash running into some nearby woods – with no trousers on.

He was arrested by police following the incident for failing to provide a specimen.

The crash on Wigan Road in Bolton (Image: Phil Taylor)

Yesterday, March 4, he was brought before Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court to be sentenced for his offending.

Richards pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide a specimen.

Failing to provide a specimen is when, without reasonable excuse, a driver refuses to provide a specimen of breath, blood, or urine when lawfully required to do so by a police officer.

Richards was sentenced to a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement, 80 hours of unpaid work to be completed within 12 months, and a disqualification from driving for 24 months.

The crash on Wigan Road involved a Volvo V40, a Nissan Juke, and a Honda Jazz.

A man who was bizarrely seen running from the scene of a crash with no clothes on has been sentenced (Image: Facebook)

It came just six days after the fatal crash further up Wigan Road, which claimed the lives of four.

Following this more recent incident, a video circulated on social media, showing a half-naked man running into some woods, before the camera pans round to show the three-car crash at the junction of Wigan Road and Beaumont Road.

A rather confused-looking dog could be seen standing on the pavement next to the trouser-less man.

Police confirmed to The Bolton News at the time that the man in question was Mark Richards, but this information could not be reported for legal reasons.

They also told us that he “went through a red light” before fleeing the scene.