Man charged after collision in Middleton, Greater Manchester

    A man has been charged after a woman was left fighting for her life in hospital, following a collision in Middleton, Greater Manchester.

    Christopher Raczkiewicz, 39, of Ethel Avenue, Blackley, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

    He remains in custody and appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court yesterday for his initial appearance (3 April 2017).

    At around 9.30pm on Friday 31 March, police were alerted to a green Toyota Hilux driving erratically on Victoria Avenue East.

    A short time later, the car was involved in a collision with a 75-year-old woman on Manchester New Road, Middleton. The woman was taken to hospital with multiple injuries where she remains in a life-threatening condition.

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