A reight good do!

EMERGENCY crews were called to a smash which partially closed a busy Fartown junction on Saturday night.

Police and paramedics were sent to the traffic light junction of Bradford Road and Willow Lane at just after 8.30pm.

The crossroads, opposite the Slubbers Arms public house, was blocked on the Huddersfield-bound side for a time while emergency services dealt with the aftermath.

Video footage tweeted to the Examiner by passing motorist Matt Jaggar showed a small grey hatchback with extensive front-end damage. A traffic light column outside the Barber Shop had been knocked flat.

There was an ambulance and several police vehicles on the scene.

Matt tweeted: “Big collision in #Huddersfield. Two cars involved. One traffic light decimated.”

West Yorkshire Police have been unable to provide more details about the smash or whether anyone was injured.

Overnight the demolished traffic light column was removed and the hole it left re-surfaced.

She said: “It’s the first time we’ve been to this and it’s great as there’s lots to do for the children.”

Other highlights of the day included a fun dog show organised by the RSPCA and children’s games specifically devised by the Friends of Beaumont Park.

The money raised from the event will be shared between the Forget me Not Children’s Hospice and the 22-acre park’s friends group.

Their share of the money will be reinvested back into the park for improvements, maintenance, conservation and more community facilities.

Volunteer Ed Day said that some of the cash will be used to improve a woodland footpath in the park.

He said: “We’re trying to get the park back to how it once was in Victorian times.

“Another aim is to get a wider cross section of people into the park and we clearly have seen that happening today.

“We have been really lucky with the weather and had an exceptionally large turnout.

“It’s been a fantastic year, the atmosphere has been terrific and we couldn’t be happier.”