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| Salford prison van ambush: Two men escape | |
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| Five men wearing balaclavas have ambushed a prison transport van heading into Manchester. | Five men wearing balaclavas have ambushed a prison transport van heading into Manchester. |
| Witnesses reported seeing the men running away from a van with its windows smashed on Regent Road in Salford shortly after 09:00 BST. | Witnesses reported seeing the men running away from a van with its windows smashed on Regent Road in Salford shortly after 09:00 BST. |
| One man was then seen without a helmet on the back of a motorbike as it was ridden off at high speed from the scene. | One man was then seen without a helmet on the back of a motorbike as it was ridden off at high speed from the scene. |
| Greater Manchester Police said two prisoners had escaped from the van. | |
| 'Flight mode' | |
| One eyewitness said he was walking down Regent Road when he saw three masked men in a dark green car drive across the carriageway into the side of the prison van. | |
| "I called the police and then I could just hear the smashing, the screams, everything that was happening," he said. | |
| "I looked back because I could hear some more shouts and there were some men running towards me so I sprinted as fast as I could into the estate. | |
| "I was pretty scared to be honest. It was definitely flight mode." | |
| Another eyewitness said five men were seen running to a nearby parked car before driving off. | |
| She added they ditched the car after a short distance before running into a nearby housing estate. |