Man shot by police after car ‘driven directly at officers during getaway attempt’

Police and forensic officers at a scene on Bury New Road (Picture: MEN Media)

Armed police shot a motorist who ‘drove directly at them’ while trying to ‘get away’ from a traffic stop.

Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) tried to pull the vehicle over on Bury New Road in Whitefield, Bury, at 3pm on Friday.

Police said ‘the car failed to stop and drove directly at our officers to get away’.

A GMP firearms officer then shot the driver.

The driver was taken to hospital for an injury to his arm, which has been described as neither life threatening nor life changing.

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