A tearful mum begged 'please don’t let my baby die' as medics tried to resuscitate one of her twins, the trial of alleged killer nurse Lucy Letby has heard.
09.10.2022 - 23:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were scrambled to Altrincham on Sunday afternoon following a horror crash which saw a baby taken to hospital.
The crash, on Shaftesbury Avenue in Timperley, thankfully resulted in no serious injuries, but closed the road off from around 12.10pm this afternoon, as emergency services rushed to the scene and an air ambulance landed nearby.
Passers-by watched on in horror as police officers, paramedics, and firefighters worked to treat the drivers and passengers of two cars that had been involved in a head on collision, causing serious damage to the vehicles.
One of the passengers, a young baby, was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital as a precaution, but miraculously, the occupants of both vehicles were able to walk away with no serious injuries, according to police. Video from the scene showed a black Audi with extensive damage to the driver's side of the vehicle, and several other vehicles stopped in the road.
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One woman who drove past the scene said: "It was awful, it looked like something really bad had happened. My daughter could see the baby, she said there was a baby whilst I was driving. I saw someone on the floor as we went past, they looked like an adult. I hope they're all ok."
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: “Two fire engines, from Stretford and Withington, attended the scene where two cars had collided head on. A baby, on board one of the vehicles, has been taken to Wythenshawe Hospital for precautionary checks. Crews were in attendance for ten minutes, whist they made the cars and scene safe.”
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