Driver arrested for 'failing drug test' after man, 93, hit by bus

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A bus driver has been arrested after a 93-year-old man was knocked down on a main road in Trafford. Police and paramedics were called to the scene of the crash on Barton Road in Stretford at around 10.35am on Wednesday (October 4).

A stretch of the road, near the junction with Kingsway and Urmston Lane, was taped off by officers. In an update issued today (Friday), police said a pedestrian - the 93-year-old man - was hit by a bus.

He suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. READ MORE: Main road taped off after boy, 16, hit by police vehicle in serious crash READ MORE: Man seriously injured after becoming trapped under digger that fell off lorry near Asda The driver of the bus, a 27-year-old man, 'failed a roadside drug test', police added.

He was arrested and taken into police custody. An investigation into the incident is underway. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "GMP collision investigators were called to a road traffic collision occurred on Barton Road, in Stretford, at 10.35am on Wednesday 4 October 2023. "A bus driver hit a pedestrian, a 93-year-old man, causing serious but not life-threatening injuries.