A YOUNG man died after the car he was travelling in ploughed into a lamp post.

Firefighters battled for more than 40 minutes to free the 22-year-old passenger, from Leigh, as paramedics tried to resuscitate him.

Essex Ambulance Service received a series of calls after a Ford Mondeo was seen hitting the lamp post at the junction with Eastwood Boulevard and Manchester Drive, Leigh, at 11.29pm on Friday.

Published Monday, November 28, 2005