BREAKING: Pedestrian killed after being hit by car with man arrested
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man has died after being struck by a car in Radcliffe - with the driver arrested on the scene. The 55-year-old man was walking when he was hit by the vehicle on Water Street at around 6.35pm yesterday (Thursday, November 2), police said.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene and he was rushed to the Salford Royal hospital. Tragically, he died there last night.
The driver - a 33-year-old man - remained on the scene and was detained by officers. READ MORE: Man fighting for his life in hospital after hit-and-run outside McDonald's READ MORE: One year since the blitz on crime began, 'Counterfeit Street' feels like a different place He failed a roadside drug test, police said.
He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death whilst uninsured and having failed a roadside drug test.
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