A man from Failsworth has been charged following a collision in Hyde which saw two police officers assaulted as well as an attempted kidnap

Kade Bagnall (10/01/1996) of Valentine Street, Failsworth has been charged with:

• Two counts of attempted kidnap
• Theft without consent
• Two counts of assault on an emergency worker
• Common assault
• Possession of a bladed article

He has been remanded to appear before Tameside Magistrates Court today (Friday 29 October).

At around 12.10pm on Wednesday 27 October 2021 police were called to reports of a collision between a moped and a Hyundai on Hattersley Road West in Hyde.

Emergency services attended and following the collision the moped rider got into the Hyundai and threatened the driver with a knife, asking him to drive off.

The driver refused, the moped rider got out of the car, and assaulted a police officer before making off.

The moped rider then approached a car engineer who was working on a Mercedes on Pudding Lane and pushed him, before attempting to make off in the Mercedes.

Following this, he then got into a Corsa on Honiton Avenue, which was being driven by a 56-year-old woman, and threatened her to drive. The woman got out of the car and the moped rider made off in it before abandoning the car on Abbey Gardens and getting onto a bus.

Police stopped the bus and the moped rider attempted to escape through the fire escape. He was pursued by police and detained.

The moped rider was taken to hospital with a number of injuries believed to have been caused from the initial collision. He has since been treated and discharged.

Whilst at hospital the moped rider assaulted a second police officer.

Both police officers received minor injuries which did not require hospital treatment.

No-one else reported any injuries.