Victory Street assault update: Five people arrested including two women, after woman “suffers life threatening injuries” being struck by a vehicle

Five people have been arrested after a woman suffered “life threatening injuries” in an assault on Victory Street, Pallion.

Yesterday it emerged that a woman had been reportedly attacked in the street earlier this week in what police initially described as a “disturbance”, before it was revealed there was an “altercation” with the victim having been “struck by a vehicle.”

Now, five people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including two men, aged 40 and 54, and one woman, 26, on suspicion of affray and one man, aged 59, and a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of assault.

Police continue to appeal for witnesses and more information.