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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

Mum's horror after man 'tried to drag' girl, 15, onto Metrolink tram

A mum has vowed to never let her daughter ride the tram alone again after a stranger tried to drag her onto a carriage in Bury.

The 15-year-old was waiting at the Radcliffe Metrolink stop when a man approached her at around 8am on Saturday (October 15). The man, who was dressed in black, began talking to the teenager and asked her where she was going.

As the tram approached the platform, he grabbed her by the arm and tried to pull her out of her seat, telling her he would take her to Bury. The teenager managed to escape and called for safety while ‘in hysterics’ and ‘shaking’.

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