A major search stretching as far as Sale is under way
A prisoner is on the run after escaping from Salford Royal Hospital, the Manchester Evening News understands.
A number of police vehicles have been parked on Wilton Road, directly behind the hospital site, with uniformed officers speaking to local residents. One resident has said officers were asking locals if they had any doorbell or CCTV footage as part of enquiries. Another resident living closeby to the hospital said they first heard the helicopter at around 1pm but 'thought nothing of it' initially. They claimed a neighbour informed them police had been knocking on doors nearby and disclosed that a prisoner had fled the hospital 'in a grey top and handcuffs'.
"There were police cars and and motorbikes everywhere and they were checking all the roads near Wilton Road and then checking the field at De La Salle.
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