A large emergency response was sparked after a car crashed then 'fell down an embankment' near an M60 slip road.
The smash happened on Semple Way, close to junction 21 for Chadderton on the motorway, just before 10pm last night.
Pictures from the scene showed a badly damaged car which appeared to have fallen down a verge at the side of the road near a canal.
The car looked to have smashed into metal railways and fencing before ploughing into bushes.
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The M.E.N understands the emergency services helicopter was deployed to the incident.
Police said the smash involved one car.
The driver, a man aged in his 50s, escaped the crash with minor injuries.
He was treated at the scene.
No arrests have been made and investigation is ongoing.
A GMP spokesperson said: "Police were called shortly before 10pm yesterday (28 December) to reports of a collision involving one vehicle on Semple Way, Chadderton.
"Emergency services attended and the driver - a man in his 50s - was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
"No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing."
