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A car ploughed into a group of people outside a polling station in a hit-and-run.
People were placing their votes in the local election in Tameside, Manchester when a car knocked multiple people to the ground outside the Holy Trinity Community Centre.
Footage shows a man speaking to the driver of a red car before other people walk towards the vehicle.
The driver suddenly drives towards the group, hitting multiple people.
A 43-year-old woman was taken to hospital with ‘superficial injuries’.
A group attempt to chase the car down, but the driver manages to flee the scene.
A 17-year-old and 18-year-old have been arrested.
Greater Manchester Police said: ‘Just after 4.30pm yesterday evening (Thursday 2 May 2024), we were called to reports of a road traffic collision between a car and a pedestrian on Holy Trinity Street in Ashton Under Lyne.
Two teenagers have been arrested (Picture: Paul Hardcastle )
People were placing their votes in the local election in Tameside, Manchester when a car knocked multiple people to the ground outside the Holy Trinity Community Centre
‘Emergency services attended the scene, and a 43-year-old woman was taken to hospital with superficial injuries.
‘Enquiries have established that a car collided with the victim and failed to stop.
‘The full circumstances of the incident are yet to be determined, but officers in Tameside are progressing enquiries at pace, with two arrests made.
‘One man, aged 18, was arrested on suspicion of attempted section 18 assault, and a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit section 18.’
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