POLICE are anxious to trace a doctor and nurse who tended a badly injured road accident victim hours before she died.

Widow Mrs Annie Loughrey (85) was involved in a collision with a car as she crossed Bury Old Road, Prestwich, near the town's Orange Hill Road, last Thursday morning.

The elderly woman, who lived in Sealand House off Bury Old Road, died later the same day in North Manchester General Hospital.

An 83-year-old Whitefield man, the driver of a Ford Fiesta car involved in the accident, was not injured.

Now, police want to talk to a doctor and a nurse who arrived at the scene minutes after the accident.

The male GP, who was driving a silver Mercedes, went over to the pensioner, who was lying on the ground. A woman in a nurse's uniform joined him and they tried to help badly injured Mrs Loughrey.

Inspector Andy Hudson, head of Bury police divisional traffic unit, said: "People we have spoken to at the scene of the collision stated that these two people were extremely helpful in offering first-aid to the woman.

"Unfortunately, both of them had left the scene before their details could be taken."

He added: "The doctor has been described as wearing a turban and carrying a stethoscope and the woman stated that she was a midwife. We really would like to talk to both of these kind people who offered their help as they could hold vital information about the collision and the subsequent death of the woman."

Information can be passed to the Bury traffic unit on 856 8072.

Mrs Loughrey, a retired sewing machinist, leaves one daughter. She had lived at Sealand House for more than four years.

An inquest into her death was opened on Wednesday before being adjourned, pending a full hearing at a later date.