Couple praise police after ‘little boy rescued’ from M61 near Bolton

Cheryl Holland was in the passenger seat of the car with her husband, Burt, driving, earlier this evening (May 10), when she says she saw the scary sight.

The couple were on their way home from Preston and were approaching Rivington Services on the M61 southbound.

Cheryl says it was there that she saw a ‘young boy’ pushing his ‘little bike’ up the grass verge at the side of the motorway.

Describing the moment she saw the boy, Mr Holland said: “We watch out for deer along that section, because we know they can jump out.

“And the wife says, ‘there’s a little lad’, and I look across, and there he is, a little lad.

“He’s on the grass verge of the other side of the hard shoulder, pushing his little pushbike up towards the Rivington Services.

“So we obviously stopped and called the police.”

Mr Holland and his wife said the police were ‘amazing’ with their response.

He said: “They did a fantastic job.

“They were there within two minutes with roadblocks in place.

“We asked a couple of bobbies, and they said, ‘Oh, yeah, we’ve got him; he’s safe and well’, but anything else that’s gone on, we don’t know.”

Greater Manchester Police has been approached for comment and confirmation of their attendance.