A PASSENGER thrown through the sun roof of an out-of-control car had unfastened his seatbelt just seconds before the car hit a lamp-post.

And today, Andrew Hunt, 27, said his action saved his life.

Mr Hunt, of Duncombe Road, Great Lever, was in a Ford Sierra which skidded and was heading for the lamp-post when he decided to take evasive action.

He crashed through the car's glass sun roof, flew through the air and smashed his head on the road.

But, miraculously, he escaped with minor head injuries while the lamp-post splintered through the passenger side of the car and came to rest on the seat.

Today, Mr Hunt said his life flashed before him in the seconds leading up to the accident.

The father-of-two, who is due to marry his fiancee, Julie-Ann, next year, said he saw the faces of his two-year-old son, James, and four-month-old daughter, Keeley, as the car skidded out of control.

Goner

He added: "I got a series of flashbacks and was completely dazed. Apparently 15 car drivers stopped to see how I was and I'm sure many of them thought I was a goner. But it obviously wasn't my time. All I remember is seeing a lamp-post, taking my seatbelt off and moving towards the driver.

"Within seconds, I felt a bang and smashed my head on the sun roof which really hurt. Then I saw some paintwork which must have been the roof as I flew through the air."

Mr Hunt suffered only minor head injuries and was released from Bury General Hospital after treatment.

The accident happened on Wednesday night at 10.30pm when the Ford Sierra driven by car salesman Stephen Wickham span out of control on Bolton Street, close to its junction with Millett Street, Bury.

The car flipped on to its roof before coming to a rest in the central reservation.

Mr Wickham,29, from Dale Bank Road, Little Lever, injured both knees in the accident. He was also taken to hospital for treatment but was not detained.

Mr Hunt added: "Two women called Mel and Lisa and a man helped me and I want to thank them. I don't know the man's name but he was on the phone straight away. It just shows that there are decent people out there.

"I couldn't see at the time. My right eye was blurred and the left side of my face was cut and bruised . There was bits of glass in my left eye.

"But it's unbelievable that I emerged relatively unscathed. When I look at the car now, it's frightening." A PASSENGER thrown through the sun roof of an out-of-control car had unfastened his seatbelt just seconds before the car hit a lamp-post.

And today, Andrew Hunt, 27, said his action saved his life.

Mr Hunt, of Duncombe Road, Great Lever, was in a Ford Sierra which skidded and was heading for the lamp-post when he decided to take evasive action.

He crashed through the car's glass sun roof, flew through the air and smashed his head on the road.

But, miraculously, he escaped with minor head injuries while the lamp-post splintered through the passenger side of the car and came to rest on the seat.

Today, Mr Hunt said his life flashed before him in the seconds leading up to the accident.

The father-of-two, who is due to marry his fiancee, Julie-Ann, next year, said he saw the faces of his two-year-old son, James, and four-month-old daughter, Keeley, as the car skidded out of control.

Goner

He added: "I got a series of flashbacks and was completely dazed. Apparently 15 car drivers stopped to see how I was and I'm sure many of them thought I was a goner. But it obviously wasn't my time. All I remember is seeing a lamp-post, taking my seatbelt off and moving towards the driver.

"Within seconds, I felt a bang and smashed my head on the sun roof which really hurt. Then I saw some paintwork which must have been the roof as I flew through the air."

Mr Hunt suffered only minor head injuries and was released from Bury General Hospital after treatment.

The accident happened on Wednesday night at 10.30pm when the Ford Sierra driven by car salesman Stephen Wickham span out of control on Bolton Street, close to its junction with Millett Street, Bury.

The car flipped on to its roof before coming to rest in the central reservation.

Mr Wickham, 29, from Dale Bank Road, Little Lever, injured both knees in the accident. He was also taken to hospital for treatment but was not detained.