Woman hurt in hit-run crash

Date published: 22 January 2014


A motorist failed to stop after a crash in Royton last night left a woman passenger in another car with multiple injuries.

The accident happened at 7.50pm in Broadway, near the Elk Mill roundabout. The woman, travelling in a black Chevrolet, suffered chest and upper spine injuries and had to be freed before being taken to hospital. The male driver was checked by ambulance crews but didn’t need treatment.

The other vehicle was a black Mercedes, which police are now trying to trace.