UPDATE 1.37 PM: A car is upside down on the corner of Sixth Ave and Devonport Rd.
A police northern communications spokesman said two cars collided about 1.20 pm.
One of the cars flipped upside down and the other car fled the scene.
The driver of the upside down car appeared to be unharmed and was out of the vehicle, he said.
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