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Nick Jackson & Olivia Devereux-Evans

Woman in serious condition in hospital after horror crash in Rochdale

A woman in her early 70s is in a serious condition in hospital after her car crashed into a tree in Rochdale.

Emergency services rushed to Kingsway Retail Park this lunchtime (Friday).

McDonalds Kingsway was cordoned off and ambulance and police were at the scene.

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An air ambulance and two rapid response cars, one ambulance and an advanced paramedic attended the scene.

The woman was taken to hospital where she is in a serious condition

Witnesses described hearing and seeing an air ambulance trying to land on a nearby field.

An air ambulance was seen struggling to land on a nearby field (Casey Leigh Dawson)

A spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service said: "We received the call at 12.32pm.

"We attended with an air ambulance and two rapid response vehicles, one ambulance and an advanced paramedic.

"The patient, a woman in her early 70s, has been taken to hospital where they are in a serious condition."

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "We received the call at 12.55pm. It looks like a one vehicle RTC where a vehicle has hit a tree.

The cordon outside McDonalds Kingsway in Rochdale (MEN Media)

"No arrests have been made."

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