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Manchester Evening News
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Ashlie Blakey

Two boys injured after being knocked off e-scooter by car

Two teenage boys were injured after being knocked off an e-scooter by a car in Stalybridge.

The crash happened on Wakefield Road, at the junction with Stamford Road, yesterday afternoon (Thursday). Police said a car and e-scooter collided.

Two teenage boys who were riding the scooter were injured after being knocked down. One of them has serious injuries, GMP added.

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An air ambulance landed at the scene nearby, according to eyewitnesses. The road was cordoned off at around 5.45pm.

In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: "We were called yesterday (Thursday 14 April) afternoon to a report of a collision involving a car and an e-scooter on Wakefield Road, Stalybridge.

"Two teenage boys on the scooter were injured - one of them seriously. No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing." Anyone with information should call GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 0161 856 4741 quoting incident 2085 of 14/04/2022.

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