Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here A man in his 50s had to be rushed to hospital last night after collapsing on a major road.
Emergency services scrambled to Ripponden Road, near Coleridge Road, shortly after 5.20pm on Thursday evening, to help the man.
The Manchester Evening News understands the man collapsed and hit his head on the pavement, before several passersby stopped to help and administer first aid whilst waiting for paramedics to arrive.
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