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27.02.2024 - 09:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
These dramatic photos show an overturned car in a river in Oldham after a woman was rescued in a major emergency operation.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene after a car plunged into the River Tame tributary in Uppermill yesterday evening (Monday). Police, firefighters and paramedics responded after the vehicle veered into the water.
An air ambulance also landed on a nearby cricket ground. A woman was rescued and carried up the riverbank on a stretcher, the Manchester Evening News understands.
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She was taken to hospital after being assessed by paramedics on the scene. The extent of her injuries is not yet known, though the North West Ambulance Service has been contacted for further details this morning.
Pictures taken after the cordon was lifted last night showed the car overturned on its side in the river. Tape was placed around the vehicle, that appeared to have been left with a number of smashed windows.
After the incident, High Street in Uppermill was blocked off by a number of emergency services vehicles. Adjoining private road Ryefields Drive was also cordoned off for a number of hours.
In a statement issued last night, a spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: "Just before 5.30pm this evening (Monday 26th February), two fire engines from Oldham and Mossley fire station, along with the Technical Response Unit from Ashton, were called to reports of a car driving into the river on Ryefields Drive, Uppermill.
"Crews arrived quickly at the scene. A woman who was in the vehicle was assessed at the scene by colleagues from North West Ambulance Service.
"Firefighters worked with colleagues
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