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This is the dramatic moment a boy racer drags his apparently unconscious friend from the wreckage of a car crash before fleeing to escape the police.

The two cars in the video look like they are racing each other before one smashes into a tree in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, in the early hours of the morning.

CCTV shows how a man emerged from the other vehicle and dragged the collapsed motorist about 20 metres along the road before stuffing him into the second car, trapping his leg in the door.

Neighbours described hearing the rescuer saying to his pal: “You need to get out of the car before the feds get here.”

The injured man is then driven away from the scene.

Police are now investigating the drama on Humphrey Street in Cheetham Hill, which happened at 6.4am on Saturday, September 30.

The footage, obtained by the Manchester Evening News, shows how the driver of the front car loses control on a bend before his Toyota Yaris smashes into a tree.

The following Mazda avoids the Yaris as it bounces off the tree and stops, just out of view.

A few seconds later the driver of the Mazda is then seen running to the Yaris before dragging the stricken motorist from the driver’s seat.

He struggles to free his friend before dragging his body to his own car, out of view.

Other footage shows how he struggles to stuff his injured pal into the rear seat before driving off

Moments later he appeared to return to the scene, minus the injured man, before trying and failing to get the Yaris to start.

Witnesses described seeing him jumping on the bonnet of the car in anger.

One resident said: “I heard a massive bang, looked out and saw this guy saying ‘you need to get out of the car before the feds get here’.

"But the guy didn’t look like he was conscious or weight-bearing. He wasn’t able to carry his own weight. His shoe came off and this old man, bless him, picked it up as he was passing and tried to give it back. He thought he was doing them a favour. He kept saying ‘your shoe!’ and the guy was saying ‘it doesn’t matter’. In the end he just threw it into the car."

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police, said: "Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances whereby about 6.30am on Saturday 30 September 2017 a Toyota Yaris and a Mazda were traveling along Humphrey Street in Cheetham Hill, when the Toyota collided with a tree.

"No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0161 856 1146 quoting incident number 571 of 30/09/17, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."