A small aeroplane carrying two people crashed to the ground near an airport in Scotland. The light aircraft plummeted near to Glasgow Prestwick Airport on Tuesday (April 23).
03.04.2024 - 22:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
There has been three days of chaos on the M60; with a woman left seriously injured in a major collision, a road sweeper tipping over onto its side closing the motorway for hours and a taxi erupting into flames on a slip road.
Emergency services have descended on three different scenes since Easter Monday (April 1), with police, fire crews and paramedics having to work quickly to treat those involved and manage miles of congestion as a result of numerous closures.
The first incident struck on Monday afternoon, when a major collision involving two cars and a van was reported on the M60 between junctions 23 and 24.
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An air ambulance was scrambled to the scene, landing in the middle of the carriageway after a woman was knocked down while she was 'assisting another vehicle'.
Greater Manchester Police said the victim, who was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, was hit by the vehicle that had 'left the carriageway and spun across the motorway towards the hard shoulder'.
The busy motorway was closed off on the clockwise carriageway between junctions 23 and 24 for a number of hours after the incident. Traffic was stopped as police, paramedics and fire crews responded to the crash and investigation work took place.
Police were even forced to issue a number of warnings, urging motorists to stop filming the scene, leaving their cars to take their dogs for walk or buying an ice cream from an ice cream van also trapped within the closure.
Officers at GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit are now asking any witnesses, or anyone with dash cam footage, to come forward on 0161 856 4741, quoting incident number
A small aeroplane carrying two people crashed to the ground near an airport in Scotland. The light aircraft plummeted near to Glasgow Prestwick Airport on Tuesday (April 23).
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