Concerns over a notorious Bolton road have been raised again after an 89-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle in what police are treating as a 'hit and run'. Emergency services were called to Moss Bank Way in Astley Bridge at around 10.15am to reports of an elderly woman lying in the road.
The woman who suffered serious injuries and she remains in stable condition in hospital where she is being treated for wrist and knee fractures. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says its investigation so far suggests the woman became injured while she was a pedestrian crossing Moss Bank Way at the junction with Hill View Road. It is then thought a vehicle struck her as it turned left out of Hill View Road onto Moss Bank Way.
Police say, during the collision, the woman was knocked to the floor and the driver of a silver or grey-coloured SUV failed to stop and proceeded to turn left, driving westbound on Moss Bank Way, in the direction of Moss Bank Park. Although this incident is now the subject of a police investigation, there have been a number of crashes on Moss Bank Way, with the latest incident leading to renewed calls for action to improve the road. Cllr John Walsh said residents in the Astley Bridge area have been raising concerns about the Moss Bank Way for some time and urged anyone with information on this incident to contact police.
He said: “I think the major concern raised to councillors is about vehicles which are speeding along Moss Bank Way, with some well in excess of the .
