GMP’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) is appealing for further information following a fatal collision on Huddersfield Road, Diggle, this morning (Monday).
Officers responded to the incident at 09.17am, where the driver of a Fiat 500 was travelling generally southeast on Dorset Avenue.
The driver approached the junction with Huddersfield Road, and the vehicle crossed the junction and collided with a bungalow on Huddersfield Road.
Tragically, the passenger, aged 81, died at the scene. The driver, aged 75, remains in a critical condition at the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Officers from the SCIU continue their investigation and are asking for anyone with information to please come forward.
This includes anyone who saw the vehicle driving before the collision, witnessed the incident itself, or has dashcam footage, or CCTV of the incident.
You can contact SCIU directly on 0161 856 4741 or contact the police via the Live Chat service at gmp.police.uk, quoting log 694 of 08/12/25.
Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity, Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 11.
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