A man who died in a horror crash after a police chase in Bolton has been named as Simon Bailey.
17.09.2022 - 18:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A teenager at the centre of a murder investigation in Rochdale has been named locally as Callum Riley. An investigation was launched following his death on Saturday morning (September 17).
He was found badly hurt in the garden of a property on Atholl Drive in Heywood, the Manchester Evening News understands. Mr Riley sadly died a short time later. It is understood he was 17.
Mr Riley has not yet been formally identified, Greater Manchester Police said. A post mortem is due to take place.
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Mr Riley was known affectionately as 'Russell' or 'Russel' to pals due to his similar appearance as a child to a character in a film. Tributes have been paid by hundreds of people on Facebook.
People at the scene - including a man who said he found Mr Riley hurt and performed CPR - confirmed his name. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, the man, who asked not to be named himself, said he found Mr Riley in the garden of a house.
"I heard a load of screaming at 4.30am," he said. "We heard a scream for help and looked outside the bedroom window, but we couldn't see anything.
"Half an hour later we heard a scream for help again. We just heard screaming, all we could hear was 'help, help'.
"It wasn't until when it was light out, when someone knocked on and said there was a man in a garden. I went in the garden and I called police and they asked me to perform CPR on him. It's a sad thing, a young lad."
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