Piccadilly Gardens crash: Passenger fighting for life with 4 injured in tram and bus head-on smash

Four radical person been injured and 1 is successful a superior information pursuing a head-on clang betwixt a tram and a autobus successful Piccadilly Gardens, successful the centre of Manchester

A idiosyncratic is warring for their beingness and 3 others person besides been injured successful a head-on crash betwixt a tram and a autobus successful Manchester metropolis centre.

Emergency services person swarmed Piccadilly Gardens pursuing the collision with images showing the beforehand of some vehicles severely damaged. Police, occurrence and ambulance services were telephone to the country soon aft 2pm today.

An aerial ambulance besides landed connected the writer country of the metropolis centre square. And a spokesperson for the work said 4 radical person been injured including 1 seriously. A connection from North West Ambulance Service says: "We’re responding to an RTC astatine Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, pursuing a 999 telephone astatine 2.13pm.

"Three ambulance crews, a advisor paramedic, a elder paramedic, a captious attraction squad successful an aerial ambulance and the Hazardous Area Response Team person each attended. Four patients are being treated, 1 with suspected superior injuries.”

An eyewitness describing the country said: “There were loads of sirens and past we heard the helicopter. It’s looks atrocious - similar a caput connected clang betwixt the autobus and the tram. Firefighters look similar they are cutting the beforehand disconnected the bus.”

Greater Manchester Fire Service said cutting instrumentality was needed to rescue 1 idiosyncratic trapped successful the autobus and determination are chaotic scenes successful the metropolis centre during unreserved hr with a fig of roadworthy closures successful place, reported the Manchester Evening News.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has said: “At conscionable aft 2.40pm connected Friday (October 18) 3 occurrence engines from Withington, Manchester Central and Wythenshawe occurrence stations positive the method effect portion from Leigh occurrence presumption attended a clang involving a autobus and a tram connected Mosley Street, Manchester.

“Firefighters, moving alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police, North West Ambulance Service and Metrolink, are utilizing specializer cutting instrumentality to rescue 1 casualty from the bus. Crews were successful attendance for astir 1 and a fractional hours.”

Fran Wilkinson, TfGM’s Customer and Growth Director, said: “This is simply a superior incidental which is presently ongoing. Our unit are continuing to enactment exigency services astatine the scene, portion besides assisting members of the public.

“Piccadilly Gardens volition beryllium closed for immoderate time, and we are expecting autobus and Metrolink services to beryllium impacted passim the day and into the evening. If you are already successful the metropolis centre, oregon are readying a travel into the centre, delight cheque our website oregon societal channels for the latest proposal earlier you travel.”