A CAR was stolen from a driver filling up at a petrol station in Holmes Chapel Road, Middlewich at around midnight on Sunday.

Police say two men knocked on the driver’s door asking for a lift into Middlewich. The man agreed, but realised the car had no diesel so went to the petrol station with the men in the car.

One of the men got out of the car and began to take the pump out. The second man then pushed the driver out of the car who, fearing for his safety, moved away from the vehicle as it sped off.