Overview

• Greater Manchester Police said a boy was struck by a tram and taken to hospital with life-changing and potentially life-threatening injuries.
• Emergency services, including advanced clinicians, an air ambulance, fire crews and police, responded to the Crossacres tram stop on Brownley Road.
• Metrolink services are suspended between Roundthorn and Manchester Airport, with Transport for Greater Manchester warning of several hours of disruption.
• The Crossacres stop is taped off with a tram stationary inside the cordon, and road closures affect Brownley Road, Crossacres Road and Poundswick Lane with bus diversions in place.
• The North West Ambulance Service confirmed a serious injury after a tram collision, with the 999 call reported at around 3:37pm by local media, and investigations into the circumstances continue.