A MAN has been charged after a car crashed into a lamppost in Bolton town centre as revellers enjoyed a night out.

Police were called to Bradshawgate in the early hours of Sunday morning after the car crashed as people peopled poured out of bars and clubs.

Greater Manchester Police said two people were arrested at the scene and one man has now been charged.

Kevin Barkess, aged 50, of Bromwich Street in Haulgh, has been charged with dangerous driving, driving without insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.

Eyewitness at the scene reported the driver was unharmed but the car was badly damaged.

One eyewitness said he had just left Yates at around 2am when he saw the car “smack into the lamppost” outside Courtney’s bar, on the other side of the road.

Bradshawgate and the surrounding streets were blocked off by police and an investigation was carried out at the scene.

The road was not able to reopen until the car was taken away and police had finished their investigation following the collision.

Pictures show the front end of the car smashed and the bonnet up as well as debris scattered into the road.