and we wonder why the night time economy comes under scrutiny..
Up to 25 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a car was deliberately driven through a crowd outside a Greater Manchester bar.
People were standing outside Dali Bar in Rochdale when a Saab mounted the pavement and was driven at door staff.
The car went along the pavement for up to 200 yards before being driven away.
Two men in the car had earlier been refused entry to the bar, said Greater Manchester Police. The Saab was later found abandoned.
this comment from the Ambulance Service is worth noting too…
A spokesman for the Pennine Acute Trust (PAT) said they were treated in Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Royal Oldham and North Manchester Hospital.
Eleven others made their own way to Rochdale Infirmary and were treated at the accident and emergency department, he added.
A NWAS spokesman told the BBC that initial reports suggested the car had driven through a crowd of up to 30 people and described it as a “major incident”.
“We do practise for these types of incidents, we mobilise part of our management team to organise the resources that arrive there,” he said.
“One of the managers take charge and distribute the patients accordingly to the A&E departments to spread the load across the hospitals.”
BTW 3 hospitals, 9 ambulances, all because of 1 scally’s impulsive act – thats what a £600 license fee and £3.50 pint and £10 even to get into a townie club pays for..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11560271
