A SCHOOLGIRL has been taken to hospital this morning, Wednesday, after being hit by a car.
An ambulance was sent to Manchester Road in Astley at around 8.05am after reports a teenage girl was involved in a collision with a car.
She was treated at the scene and taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital with a head injury and major trauma.
A road closure was in place up to Princess Road but it has since been reopened.
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