Off-duty cop faces questions after late-night car incident leaves man fighting for life
A pedestrian is in critical condition after getting hit by a car in Rochdale last weekend. Police arrested two people including their own off-duty officer while looking into this serious crash
A late-night crash in Rochdale has put a 42-year-old man in hospital with life-threatening injuries‚ The incident happened on Yorkshire Street about 11pm last friday
The local police department quickly got involved after finding out one of their own - an off-duty officer was linked to the crash. Greater Manchester Police confirmed they arrested their colleague (who was off-duty at the time) on dangerous-driving charges; a second person also got picked up for the same thing
Three cars were moving together when they hit the man who was trying to cross the street. Police identified two of them: a blue-colored Mercedes C250 and a silver-tinted Mini Cooper S Sport. Both arrested people are now out on bail while detectives look into what happened
The GMP Professional Standards group is checking everything out because a police officer is involved. The departments internal-review team wants to make sure everything is done right
Police want more info about what happened that night: anyone who saw anything or has some camera footage should contact them right away. Theyʼre trying to piece together the whole story from this super-serious incident
