Van smashes through garden fence in Heywood

Date published: 07 December 2016


A silver Peugeot van smashed through a garden fence on Manchester Road, near Walton Street, in Heywood.

Police closed the road and traffic was diverted for a short time.

A police spokesperson said: “Police were called at 1.00pm to a van which had driven through a fence and into a garden. The driver was taken to hospital by air ambulance.”

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