A woman has died after a police vehicle smashed with a car she was in.
Prior to the crash in Oldham Road, Royton, officers had been chasing a suspected stolen vehicle, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed. Following the collision, just after 10am this morning (Friday December 23), a 53-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died.
The incident has now been referred to GMP’s Professional Standards Branch and the Independent Office for Police Conduct. A GMP spokesman said: "At around 10am today, officers pursued a suspected stolen vehicle and engaged in short pursuit as a result.
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"A short time later a road traffic collision occurred involving a police vehicle and a woman, aged 53, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries, but sadly died a short time later despite the best attempts of emergency service personnel."
GMP told the Manchester Evening News that the woman was in her car at the time of the collision. Chris Bowen, Chief Superintendent of GMP’s Oldham district, added: “Our sincere thoughts and condolences go to the family and friends of the woman that has sadly passed.
“We understand that the public are concerned by incidents of this nature. In-line with normal procedure, referrals have been made to GMP’s Professional Standards Branch and the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Investigations like this often result in road closures which can cause significant disruption and we thank the local community and road users for their patience.”
Anyone with information or dashcam footage should contact GMP quoting incident log 969 of 23/12/2022. Information can be reported online or by using the LiveChat function of the GMP website. If you can't report online, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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