A MAN who walked away after his car smashed in to a lamppost is believed to have been run over by a train only hours later.At around 9pm on Saturday night a blue Vauxhall Astra was seen smashing in to a lamppost on Chaston Road, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

A MAN who walked away after his car smashed in to a lamppost is believed to have been run over by a train only hours later.

At around 9pm on Saturday night a blue Vauxhall Astra was seen smashing in to a lamppost on Chaston Road, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

The male driver was seen getting out of the car and walking off.

At 10.30pm police were called to Granhams Road, Great Shelford where what is believed to be the same man had been hit by a train and killed.