Fatal RTC - Witness Appeal

Traffic officers in Rochdale are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Heywood yesterday evening, Wednesday 19 January. At approximately 8.15pm, a Honda Civic was travelling along Pilsworth Road towards Heywood, near to the junction of Hareshill Road, when it was involved in a collision with a MAN lorry, which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The front seat passenger of the Civic, a 19-year-old man from Rochdale, died at the scene. The 18-year-old driver of the car, also from Rochdale, suffered multiple serious injuries and remains in a critical condition in Fairfield General Hospital. No one else was injured as a result of the collision.

Pilsworth Road was closed for approximately six hours while the scene was examined and cleared.

Anyone who may have seen the collision is asked to contact the Area 3 Road Policing Unit at Rochdale on 0161 856 8473 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111

Update: The man who died in a road traffic collision in Heywood, Wednesday 19 January 2005, has been formally identified as Shahbaaz Mohammed. The 18-year-old driver of the Honda remains in a critical condition.