{"id":669272,"date":"2026-01-02T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669272\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:56:16","slug":"woman-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669272\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman rushed to hospital after being hit by van"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police and paramedics attended the scene<\/p>\n<p>11:36, 02 Jan 2026Updated 11:41, 02 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Screenshot-2026-01-02-113344.jpg\" alt=\"Wilfred Street, Swinton\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Wilfred Street, Swinton(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A woman has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a van in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/swinton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Swinton<\/a>. Emergency services attended Wilfred Street, off Boundary Road, at around 10.20am this morning (January 2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> says it was called out to reports of a collision involving a female pedestrian and a van. North West Ambulance Service confirmed a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance were sent out to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman was taken to hospital by ambulance. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, GMP says. Witnesses reported seeing a large emergency services presence in the area, near to Swinton Precinct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An NWAS spokesperson said: &#8220;We were called at just after 10:15am to reports of an incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. We sent a rapid response vehicle and ambulance to the scene and we\u2019ve taken the patient to hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police and paramedics attended the scene 11:36, 02 Jan 2026Updated 11:41, 02 Jan 2026 Wilfred Street, Swinton(Image: Google&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1290,6805,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-669272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-salford","13":"tag-swinton","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115826326545958795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}