A CAR crash in Lostock has left a woman and her four-month-old baby needing hospital treatment.

The accident happened At 8.45am this morning, when a grey Mercedes A170 overturned near the junction between Chorley New Road and Beaumont Road.

The North West Ambulance Service attended the scene and said the female driver suffered cuts on her head, while the baby, who was fastened in a baby seat, suffered a cut on their mouth.

Both are now being treated at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

A police spokesman said: "Police temporarily closed the section of Beaumont Road where the incident had happened but it has now been re-opened."

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