{"id":537735,"date":"2026-04-18T12:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537735\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:26:14","slug":"car-wrecked-as-driver-17-arrested-following-oldham-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537735\/","title":{"rendered":"Car wrecked as driver, 17, arrested following Oldham crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police and paramedics attended the scene<\/p>\n<p>10:51, 18 Apr 2026Updated 10:52, 18 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Renault Clio was wrecked in a crash on Oak Road, Oldham\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_IMG_4139JPEG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A Renault Clio was wrecked in a crash on Oak Road, Oldham\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A Renault Clio was wrecked in a crash on Oak Road, Oldham(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A teenager was arrested after a car was wrecked following a crash in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/oldham\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Oldham<\/a>. Officers attended Oak Road, in Limeside, on Friday evening (April 17).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Images from the scene showed a grey Renault Clio severely damaged following the smash, with its front end ruined and airbags deployed. The car could be seen with its rear wheels on the kerb and it&#8217;s front wheels on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Shattered glass could also be seen strewn on the ground. A grey Ford Focus also appeared to suffer damage in the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police and paramedics were called out to the scene. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> says the driver, a 17-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A grey Ford also suffered damage\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_JS403287141.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A grey Ford also suffered damage\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A grey Ford also suffered damage(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was not injured in the crash, GMP says. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment and was later discharged, according to the force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police and paramedics attended the scene 10:51, 18 Apr 2026Updated 10:52, 18 Apr 2026 A Renault Clio was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,2438,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-537735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-oldham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}