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A man was rushed to hospital when a car was crushed with bricks after smashing into a takeaway in Rochdale on Sunday (September 28).

Police, paramedics and fire crews raced to the incident on Bridge Street in Heywood shortly after 4am following reports that a car had struck a building.

Part of the building, the Heywood Star takeaway, had crumbled to the ground with bricks and debris strewn over the road following the crash.

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Greater Manchester Police said that officers had originally been called out to a disturbance at a house in Bury . A man left the scene in a car, and police began to pursue it before it careered off the road and struck the building at speed.

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