"It was horrific": Car being 'driven erratically' swerves onto pavement and smashes into teenagers outside nightclub

Witnesses have told of the horror moment a car being 'driven erratically' swerved onto a pavement and crashed into two teenagers outside a nightclub in Manchester city centre.

A boy and a girl, both 18, are fighting for their lives after the 'horrific' crash beside Deansgate Locks on Saturday night. Police said a Toyota Yaris, that had been travelling down Whitworth Street West, 'lost control' before hitting two cars and the two pedestrians.

The two victims were rushed to hospital from the scene, where they remain with serious and life-threatening injuries, Greater Manchester Police said.

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One witness has told of the moment the car, which had a green 'P' plate on the window, was seen being 'driven erratically' before 'wobbling' and 'veering to the left'.

"It was horrific," they said. "The car came from the direction of Deansgate onto Whitworth Street. I was on the other side of the road as we'd just left a gig at Rebellion.

"The car caught my eye at it seemed to be driving erratically. I remember seeing one of the hubcaps come off. It carried on a little further wobbling. It veered to the left hitting one car, then a second and then mounted the payment, hitting the pedestrians, ending up parallel across the pavement."

Bouncers and staff members from nearby bars, along with bystanders, are reported to have rushed over to help before emergency crews arrived.

"People ran to help. I ran across the road and the driver was already out of the car and people had rushed to the two injured pedestrians," the witness added. "It was a stroke of luck that there weren't many pedestrians on that side of the road at the time.

"My friend was around the corner on