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Horrified onlookers lifted a car off a young child who had been dragged underneath the vehicle in a collision in Salford. The incident sparked a huge emergency services response on Tuesday afternoon (April 26), with the road being closed off and an air ambulance landing nearby shortly before 3.30pm.
The young child, thought to be a boy, aged four, was reportedly caught underneath the vehicle at the busy junction of Liverpool Road and Worsley Road, in Eccles. Members of the public rushed to help, with a group of men seen lifting the car up so that the child could be pulled from underneath, an eyewitness told the Manchester Evening News.
The youngster was rushed to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital by paramedics. They were said to have sustained 'serious injuries' after the collision.
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Amanda James, 45, saw the horror unfold when sat as a passenger in a car waiting in traffic at the junction. It was a busy time of day, with large numbers of families and school children crossing the junction on the journey home from school.
Amanda, who is visiting family in Eccles, saw the youngster 'dragged' underneath the car when on her way to the Trafford Centre. She immediately rushed to stop the driver, before urging shocked members of the public to lift up the car so she could reach the injured child underneath.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , she said: "We were sat a few cars behind the junction, it was very busy and there were a lot of people and children crossing over the road. As a car came around the corner, I saw this young child just get pulled underneath.
"Nobody knew what to do, not many people saw at first because it was so busy. I
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