LIVE updates: Child hit by car as police tape off main road with paramedics on scene

A road in Oldham is closed following a serious crash.

Officers taped off Featherstall Road South at around 4.15pm this afternoon (Sunday). The closure is outside the Eastern Pavilion wedding venue.

Paramedics are also in attendance, with a police cordon in place across both lanes of the road. A small crowd of people was seen outside the wedding venue after the closure.

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The Manchester Evening News understands a child was hit by a vehicle outside the wedding venue. The child's condition is currently unknown.

The closure is not currently causing any delays in the area.

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That brings our live coverage of this incident to a close. We'll bring you any further updates we get on the M.E.N. website.

Officers taped off Featherstall Road South at around 4.15pm. The closure was outside the Eastern Pavilion wedding venue.

Paramedics attended, with a police cordon in place across both lanes of the road for around an hour. A small crowd of people was seen outside the wedding venue with other people at a restaurant nearby said to have run out to see what was going on.

The Manchester Evening News understands that a child was hit by a vehicle outside the wedding venue. The injuries suffered by the child are not thought to be life-threateneing or life-changing and no arrests have been made in relation to the incident.

The scene has now been cleared. It looks like the emergency services were only there for around an hour.

The scene was cleared within the hour. A cordon was put in place for a short while as crews attended the scene. The injuries sustained by the child are not through to be