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Police appeal after young woman dies following collision near Manchester city centre

A tragic incident.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 3rd June 2024

Police are urgently appealing for information and witnesses to a collision which happened near to Manchester city centre last week.

Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were called out to reports of a road traffic collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian on to Mauldeth Road West, near to Old Moat Park, in south Manchester at around 11:52am last Friday (31 May), and when they arrived on the scene, they found a pedestrian who’d sustained injuries.

The pedestrian, who was a 22-year-old woman, sadly passed away at hospital the same day as a result of her injuries.

Following the tragic incident, two men, aged 18 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, GMP has confirmed.

Mauldeth Road West, near to where the collision took place / Credit: Google Maps

One has been released with no further action, and another has been bailed whilst police “conduct further enquiries”.

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With a police investigation having now been launched and underway, Sergeant Andrew Page, from GMP’s Serous Collision Investigation Unit, has paid his tributes to the young woman who lost her life, and has made an urgent appeal to the public.

“Our thoughts are with this young woman’s family at this tragic time,” Sergeant Page’s appeal began.

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“They are being supported by specially trained officers and we will continue to do all we can to get answers for them.

“If you witnessed anything, or you have any further information, we’d be grateful if you come forward and help with our enquiries. This could be an eyewitness account from the scene, doorbell footage, CCTV or dashcam footage. It can all be used to help us establish how a young woman lost her life in such distressing circumstances.”

Can you help? Anyone with any information or detail is encouraged to contact GMP directly on 0161 856 4741, or 101, quoting incident 1260 of 31/05/24.

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Alternatively details can be passed to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Family festival Geronimo cancelled for good as parents slam ‘absolute farce’

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Geronimo Children’s Festival, a popular family event that was meant to take place in Cheshire this summer, is ‘no more’.

The festival, sometimes dubbed ‘Glastonbury for kids’ has announced that it’s cancelling its summer weekender for the second year running.

In a statement, organisers blamed poor ticket sales due to ‘the great British weather’ and said that all ticket-holders will be refunded.

Its 2023 festival was also cancelled.

Geronimo was set to take place this year at Arley Hall between 23 and 26 August, featuring children’s entertainment, interactive musical experiences, food and more.

Parents who were looking forward to taking their little ones to the event have now slammed the cancellation as an ‘absolute farce’.

One wrote: “Aww so sorry to hear this we had an amazing time there 2 years ago and we’re so looking forward to going again.”

Another said: “Sad to see something so amazing 6 years ago has now gone to this.”

Someone else wrote: “No surprise there. Absolute farce.”

In its statement, Geronimo said: “With a heavy heart, we announce that Geronimo Children’s Festival is no more and our scheduled event on 23rd-26th August 2024 has been cancelled. We thank all those involved in it, the directors, staff and artists who all put their hearts and soul into the event.

“The great British weather is not always kind and with a huge percentage of festival-goers holding off booking until the last week, the event has become an unsustainable financial risk.

“Ticketline will arrange the face value refund of all valid tickets (including those rolled over from previous years) Please note we have no access to ticketholder details and are unable to assist with refunds directly. All ticket enquiries should be addressed to [email protected] or call 0161 813 2222.

“Thank you to all the families, performers and suppliers who made Geronimo Festival a magical experience for so many children over the last decade. We hope you will cherish the memories of your time in our festival fields and wish everyone a wonderful summer.”

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Parents of Dillon Duffy issue urgent appeal to help find missing Oldham teen last seen in London

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The parents of missing Oldham teenager Dillon Duffy have issued an urgent appeal to help find their son who disappeared last week.

Dillon Duffy, 18 from Chadderton, was reported missing on Tuesday, 18 June last week after he was thought to be on the way to work.

He was dropped off by his mother outside the local Asda supermarket on Milne Street, saying that he wanted to grab a bottle of water before his shift, but the teen decided instead to jump on a train to Stoke at around 3.35pm from Manchester Piccadilly before boarding another to London.

CCTV footage confirmed the last-known sighting of the youngster arriving at Euston station and the Metropolitan Police‘s missing person unit is now said to have taken charge.

Dillon was last seen wearing the black North Face jacket pictured, as well as black and grey Nike trainers with white soles. Although his head is recently shaved, he is described as having ‘dirty blonde’ hair. It is also thought he could be carrying a large blue Simpsons blanket that is missing from his room.

Speaking to the Oldham Times, mum Donna Duffy said: “It’s obviously a big police area and they’re inundated with missing persons cases, so we’re not really getting anywhere with that at the moment in terms of footage.

“It’s vital that we get some CCTV footage of where he went after Euston station, my sister managed to get some footage for the police but that trail isn’t being chased.

Even more concerningly, Ms Duffy went on to detail that Dillon left a note for his family telling them he was feeling low and that they found internet searches relating to depression.

“We don’t know what frame of mind he’s in”, said Donna, “[but from his Google history it shows he was feeling really low and I’m feeling really sorry for him because I didn’t know he was feeling that way. I just want him to reach out so we can help and support him.”

She also told the MEN that the young man had been deemed “low risk” by police because he is 18 but they are unsure whether he even has money and are worried as there has been no social media activity.

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With Dillon’s father having driven the 200 miles to London immediately and spent six days searching for his son non-stop along with some other friends and family, she admitted the search thus far has taken its toll, with the distressed dad having to come back home “due to his own health.”

He even drove up to Bridlington in Yorkshire due to a hunch based on Dillon’s search history but the pair have now come “come to a standstill”, with Donna adding in a post online that she had been “stood aimlessly in Manchester Picadilly train station” in hopes he might return from the capital.

Numerous accounts across various social media platforms are now trying to spread the word in an effort to locate him. More than 26,000 people have also joined the ‘Help Find Dillon Duffy’ Facebook group and police are urging anyone with information to come forward.

You can also call or text the UK’s official missing persons hotline on 116000 and cite the reference number: 24-096945.

The search for fellow missing teen Jay Slater also continues as efforts to find the 19-year-old from Lancashire have now been stepped up.

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