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31.08.2023 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering a serious head injury when their electric scooter was involved in a crash with a car
The incident happened just before 12.05pm when initial reports suggested a car collided with a bicycle on Eldon Street in the Tonge Moor area of the town. The ambulance service later clarified the crash involved an electric scooter, not a bicycle.
The emergency services were called to the scene, the road was closed and the man was treated by paramedics at the scene and then airlifted to hospital.
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This afternoon he remained in a critical condition at Salford Royal Hospital.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were called at 12.05pm today to reports of a road traffic collision between a cyclist and a car on Eldon Street, Tonge Moor.
"The cyclist has potentially life-threatening injuries and has been airlifted to Salford Royal Hospital."
A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service later told the M.E.N. initial reports suggested the crash involved a pedal bike, but this was later clarified to be an electric scooter.
He said: "We responded to an RTC (road traffic collision) involving an electric scooter and a car. The 999 call was received at 12:05. A man was taken to hospital with a significant head injury."
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