Car ploughs into group of people celebrating Bonfire Night in Openshaw

Six people were taken to hospital with serious injuries

Author: Liam ArrowsmithPublished 6th Nov 2024
Last updated 6th Nov 2024

A car has ploughed into a group of people understood to have been celebrating a bonfire in Openshaw last night (05 November).

It happened at around 20:30GMT, and the car is believed to have driven off following the incident on Bob Massey Close.

Six people were taken to hospital with serious injuries

Police arrested a man on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, possession with intent to supply, and failing to stop.

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