{"id":816026,"date":"2026-03-10T06:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/816026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:15:19","slug":"police-statement-after-van-is-smashed-into-salon-front-with-owner-devastated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/816026\/","title":{"rendered":"Police statement after van is smashed into salon front with owner &#8216;devastated&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The white van was ploughed into the front of the shop in Stockport<\/p>\n<p>16:50, 09 Mar 2026Updated 16:52, 09 Mar 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1_JH_MEN_080326_REDDISH_02JPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police have issued a statement after a van smashed into a salon front in Stockport with the owner left &#8216;devastated&#8217; by the incident. Emergency crews attended the major collision on <a aria-label=\"ReddishLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/reddish\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Reddish<\/a> Road at around 9pm on Sunday (March 8).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Pictures and videos posted on social media showed how the white transit van had struck the front of the Styled by Melissa business, crossing the pavement and completely smashing through the front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Multiple police vehicles could be seen in attendance, taping off the area outside the business, with crews from the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service also at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get MEN Premium now for just \u00a31 <a aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> \u2013 or get involved in our WhatsApp group by clicking <a aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/I185InYeKqOLydUg3TjGzw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. And don&#8217;t miss out on our brilliant selection of newsletters <a aria-label=\"HERE.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?utm_source=newslettersignupheader\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an Instagram story, the Styled by Melissa venue posted: &#8220;As most of you may know a van unfortunately crashed right into the shop front last night. Obviously this is devastating at this moment in time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The van was ploughed into the shop front on Reddish Road\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_JH_MEN_080326_REDDISHJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The van was ploughed into the shop front on Reddish Road\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The van was ploughed into the shop front on Reddish Road(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The space is obviously unworkable at the moment but we will be working hard to get it back up and running as soon as we can. Thank you so much for your patience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said investigations into the collision remain ongoing and that nobody was injured. A spokesperson said: &#8220;At around 8.55pm we were called to an RTC on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/reddish\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Reddish<\/a> Road in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/stockport\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Stockport<\/a>. No injuries have been reported, and no arrests have been made at this stage. Investigations are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The white van was ploughed into the front of the shop in Stockport\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_JH_MEN_080326_REDDISH2JPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The white van was ploughed into the front of the shop in Stockport\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The white van was ploughed into the front of the shop in Stockport(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: \u201cShortly after 9.05pm on Sunday 8 March, three fire engines from <a aria-label=\"GortonLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/gorton\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Gorton<\/a>, Whitehill and Stockport fire stations were called to attend a road traffic collision involving a van and a commercial building on Reddish Road, Stockport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cCrews arrived quickly, made the vehicle safe and supported colleagues from Greater Manchester Police before departing after approximately half an hour at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other videos on social media showed how Reddish Road was completely blocked with emergency vehicles following the crash, including multiple police cars, an ambulance and fire engines as the damage was assessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The white van was ploughed into the front of the shop in Stockport 16:50, 09 Mar 2026Updated 16:52,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,9031,1288,16,15],"class_list":["post-816026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-reddish","tag-stockport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116203417027486050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816026","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=816026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}