There were emotional scenes as hundreds of people came together at a vigil for a teenager who was knocked down and killed as she walked to college.
Alisha Riya Goup, 16, died when she was hit by a BMW in Oldham last month. On Sunday afternoon around 300 family and friends attended a memorial for Alisha.
Led by her parents Bijur and Anuradha, they walked from Coldhurst Community Centre to Coldhurst Community Park, close to where to Alisha was knocked down on Rochdale Road on February 23. Read more: Neighbours heard 'massive bang' after ambulance flipped over in crash that caused 'havoc' There dozens of blue balloons were released in her memory.
Alisha's uncle Dilip Goup, told the Manchester Evening News : "We didn't expect to get this sort of support from the community.
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