Pensioner taken ill following road rage attack

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man suffered a medical episode following a road rage attack in Stockport.

The 82-year-old was assaulted by the driver of a Transporter van after it was involved in a crash with his BMW1 on Friday (July 10).

The minor collision occurred shortly before 10.50am on Andrew Lane in High Lane, near to the bridge just off Bowfell Drive.

The elderly man visited a doctor to be checked over following the ‘altercation’, police said.

But some time later, he suffered a medical episode at home and was then taken to hospital.

He remains in hospital in a stable condition, police said.

Police are investigating whether the medical episode was linked to the earlier incident.

Detectives are keen to speak to two witnesses who were driving a white van and saw the crash and assault.

Investigators are aware that the men spoke to the elderly man following the incident.

The witnesses aren’t in trouble, but police want them to get in touch ‘as soon as possible’.

PC Boris Mcdohl, of GMP’s Stockport division, said: “We are currently meticulously investigating the circumstances of this collision and assault and the possibility of whether these incidents are linked to the elderly man’s later medical episode.

“It is very important that we keep an open mind as we piece together the circumstances and establish what happened.

“We are making a particular and direct appeal to the two men who were in a white van and would urge them to come forward as we understand he may hold vital information.

“It is important to state that they are not in any form of trouble.

“We would also take this opportunity to make a wider appeal to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in and around the time of the collision, to please get in touch with us.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 964 of 10/07/20.

Reports can also be made anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.