{"id":98999,"date":"2026-08-07T05:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/98999\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:20:14","slug":"police-issue-update-on-victims-after-two-people-die-in-manchester-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/98999\/","title":{"rendered":"Police issue update on victims after two people die in Manchester car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ages of the victims have been confirmed<\/p>\n

18:51, 06 Aug 2026Updated 18:51, 06 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

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The incident happened on Hyde Road in Gorton(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police have issued an update on the victims involved in the horror crash on a main road in Manchester<\/a> last night (August 5).<\/p>\n

The crash, which took place on the A57 Hyde Road in Gorton<\/a> at around 9.35pm on Wednesday evening (August 5), saw two people tragically die.<\/p>\n

Emergency services descended on the scene, near the junction with Clumber Road, after a car hit a stationary digger.<\/p>\n

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Four people were inside the car at the time, a Greater Manchester Police<\/a> spokesperson said. A man and a woman died at the scene.<\/p>\n

Two men were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. They were then subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. They are now in police custody, the GMP spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

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Hyde road, Gorton, following the tragedy(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

An update from Greater Manchester today (August 6) confirmed the victims were a man, 23, and woman, 24.<\/p>\n

The two men arrested were also in their 20s, it is understood.<\/p>\n

A stretch of Hyde Road from Balmoral Drive to Debdale Lane was cordoned off after the incident.<\/a> It remained shut for hours overnight as accident investigation work was carried out on the scene.<\/p>\n

Police initially said a car had collided with a house, but this afternoon confirmed the vehicle had hit a digger.<\/p>\n

Detective Sergeant Louise Warhurst, of GMP’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims in this tragic incident.<\/p>\n

“We are appealing for any witnesses who may have saw the moments leading up to this incident, or anyone who has mobile phone, Ring doorbell or dash cam footage, to come forward and assist our investigation.<\/p>\n

“Anyone with information can contact police on 0161 856 4741 quoting the log number 3717 of 05\/08\/2026. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ages of the victims have been confirmed 18:51, 06 Aug 2026Updated 18:51, 06 Aug 2026 The incident…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[26431,5,6],"class_list":["post-98999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-gorton","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117052547040643850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}