A person has been rushed to hospital after a serious collision in Withington.
Emergency services were called to reports of the collision on Mauldeth Road West at around 11.50am on Friday, May 31. A large cordon was erected along the road, stretching from the junction with Wilmslow Road and Yew Tree Road.
A number of paramedics and ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene, including an air ambulance which landed in the field next to Old Moat Park.
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One woman, who lives nearby, told the Manchester Evening News that she saw the ambulance land on the field before a number of police cars arrived.
“They’ve been in and out all day,” she said.
She added that she heard reports that there had been a ‘hit and run’.
A man also said he heard reports that a person had been hit and were seriously injured.
“It was all very quick,” he added.
The nature and seriousness of the injuries is not known, but a spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said a person was rushed to hospital in a ‘serious condition’.
They said: “We were called to an incident at 11.52 and dispatched an advanced paramedic, two senior paramedics, a response vehicle, an ambulance and an air ambulance to the scene. One patient was taken to hospital in a serious condition.”
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police: “At around 11.50am today (May 31, 2024), officers responded to reports of a road traffic collision on Mauldeth Road West. Officers and other emergency services remain at the scene and enquiries are ongoing.”
Greater Manchester Police have been approached for further information.
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