Emergency services responded to a motorbike crash in Heywood this morning.
03.04.2023 - 13:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man was taken to hospital after a crash in Oldham.
The incident happened on Sheepfoot Lane at around 8am this morning (Monday). Police officers and paramedics were called to the scene.
Eyewitnesses said a stretch of the road was closed off both ways as emergency services responded. A man - aged in his 60s - was taken to hospital.
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He suffered a hip injury, a spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said. In a statement, the ambulance service said: "We were called to an incident at 8.07am on Sheepfoot Lane.
"We attended the scene and took a man in his early 60s to hospital with a hip injury." A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson confirmed officers responded to a crash.
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