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Girl, 14, dies in road accident


24/12/2001

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 14-year-old girl died following a road traffic accident in Blackley on Friday.

The incident occurred at around 7.45pm on Victoria Avenue, near to its junction with Heaton Park Road when a Ford Escort, driven by a 34-year-old woman from Blackley was in collision with the teenager.

The youngster, Sarah Knott from Bantry Drive in Blackley, was taken to North Manchester General Hospital, but later transferred to the intensive care unit at Hope Hospital where she died at around 3.45pm on Saturday.

Accident investigation officers attended the scene and road closures were in effect until shortly after 10.30pm.

Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact Grey Mare Lane traffic unit on 0161 856 3573.


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