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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Stephen Topping

Man who fell onto Metrolink track after brutal tram stop attack rushed to hospital

A man has been rushed to hospital with a head injury after landing on a Metrolink tramline in Tameside following an assault. Emergency services rushed out to Droylsden tram stop, on Ashton Road, at around 9pm on Thursday evening (July 28).

Greater Manchester Police says it was called out to reports of a man being assaulted following an altercation at the tram stop. The man, aged in his 50s, landed on the track following the incident.

Police are not currently able to confirm whether the man was pushed off the platform onto the track or if he fell following the incident. He was taken to hospital by ambulance with a head injury.

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