A PASSENGER escaped with minor injuries after a car bought hours earlier was involved in an accident.

The high performance Mitsubishi Evo was involved in the crash in Harrogate, North Yorkshire on Sunday.

Sgt Paul Cording, of North Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Group, tweeted: "Incredibly only minor injury to rear seat passenger after RTC in #Harrogate. Driver only got the car today. He's been interviewed & reported."

The Northern Echo:

The scene of the accident. Photo: Paul Cording