AN ABANDONED car that was stolen during a burglary was found by police following a collision.
The black BMW was discovered by police at 5.30am this morning.
It had collided with a lamppost in Mansfield Road, close to The Bridge Inn, in Derby.
A force spokesman said officers came across the vehicle "which had the driver's door open and the engine still running."
A computer check revealed that the BMW had been stolen from outside a house in Trent Lane, Kings Newton, near Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon.
A police spokesman said: "The owner was upstairs at his property at 2.15pm when he heard a bang and the noise of a car engine.
"He looked outside to see his car being driven away at speed.
"When he went downstairs he saw that the burglar had forced open a window to get into the property and take the keys to the car."
Anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101.
