'It was crazy': Residents wake to 'almighty bang' and sirens following 'serious' crash on main road

Residents have shared their disbelief after being awoken on Sunday morning to a five-vehicle crash outside their home which saw a person rushed to hospital.

Emergency services were called to Hyde Road in Gorton, near Debdale Park and the Reddish bridge, just after 10am this morning (April 30) following reports of a five-car collision.

One person was cut from a vehicle and airlifted to hospital, with two others receiving treatment from ambulance staff at the scene. Pictures from the scene showed one vehicle on its roof, while another appeared to have smashed into a wall.

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Describing the moment they became aware of the incident, one resident, who asked not to be named, said: “I was sitting in the living room and I just heard an almighty bang. I came outside to look what had happened and I saw a car on its head, and it looked really serious.

“I then saw there were a few other cars involved too. A lot of ambulances were here right away and an air ambulance landed nearby. We could see one person was being treated by paramedics, I really hope everyone is okay."

Hyde Road was cordoned off frr four hours, with the road closed off to traffic in both directions until it reopened at around 2pm.

“The sirens woke us up," another resident said. "I think there were around eight ambulances at one point, it was just crazy. It looked really bad."

Other residents also raised concerns about speed measures on the road and mentioned how in July last year a young man was killed after a Range Rover smashed into a phone mast.

“We need speed cameras and signs saying it's a 30mph road,” one resident, who has lived off Hyde Road for close to two years now, said. “There is a