TRAM PASSENGER INJURED
Reporter: Rosalyn Roden
Date published: 15 December 2016
A Metrolink tram
A TRAM passenger was taken to hospital after a car jumped a red light. The woman received head injuries due to the incident on Sunday afternoon after the tram performed an emergency stop.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "Shortly after 4.30pm police received a report that a tram performed an emergency stop after a car went through a red light. The car drove off. A woman passenger on the tram was taken to hospital with a head injury."
Delays were experienced on the Rochdale Metrolink line following the incident near Shaw and Crompton tram stop.
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