Teenage boy suffers serious head injuries after collision with motorcycle in Heywood

Date published: 25 April 2017


A 16-year old boy was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a collision with a motorcycle at the junction of Wild Street and Rochdale Road East on Saturday.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “We were called at ten past eight to reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a pedestrian. A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital.”

North West Ambulance confirmed the boy had collapsed at the scene and underwent welfare checks from staff.

A second patient received facial injuries.

Both were taken to Salford Royal Hospital by road ambulance, although the Air Ambulance was also on scene.

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