Police have sealed off the area and all trams have been halted

The three-year-old girl was hit by a Mercedez-Benz van moments after it had crashed into a tram and mounted the pavement.

A girl, age 3, dies after a tram and van collide in Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police is looking for the driver of a van that collided with a tram this morning. A three-year-old sadly died from her injuries after the crash

The girl was struck by a van when it mounted the pavement after crashing into the tram.

The fatal collision took place just before 10am on Mosley Street and involved a Metrolink tram and a white Mercedes-Benz van.

The young girl was a pedestrian on the street and was hit by the van after it rebounded from a collision with the tram

The three-year-old is believed to have been walking along Mosley Street in Manchester city centre when she was hit by a van that had collided with a Metrolink tram