Car hits gas meter, driver runs off

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Police are looking for the person who slammed into a gas meter in Lexington and took off.

It happened just after 3 a.m. Wednesday on Liberty Road and Downs Avenue.

Witnesses tell police the driver hit the meter, got out and ran off.

There was a gas leak but the Lexington Fire Department got it contained.