A statue of the late comedian Victoria Wood has been toppled after a car crashed into it overnight. The statue, situated in Church Gardens, Bury, was erected in 2019 to commemorate the Prestwich-born actress and comedian. Pictures show a silver people carrier on top of the sturdy statue, designed by Graham Ibbeson, which depicts the late star with a microphone in her hand.
The bonnet of the car looked to be very smashed up, as the statue fell to the ground along with a huge slab of concrete. In dramatic images of the crash, the car can be seen pointing almost vertically in the air from the impact. The area is now cordoned off with orange fencing and the car has since been removed from the site.
The incident happened on the evening of June 3 and the driver went to hospital with non life threatening injuries, according to authorities. Bury Police told Metro.co.
uk : ‘We were called shortly after 10pm last night. No arrests were made. The driver went to hospital with injuries, which are not believed to be serious or life changing.
’ Woods died in April 2016 aged 62 after being diagnosed with cancer four years before. The comedy actress – who was the recipient of six British Comedy Awards – only told a few friends and family about the illness before her death. In 2012 she quit directing BBC show Loving Miss Hatto for a year so she could undergo radiotherapy and chemotherapy, as well as surgeries on a malignant lymph node.
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