SHOCKING CCTV images show the moment a car slams into a taxi during a serious collision in Bolton.

The footage shows the crash at the junction of Plodder Lane and Harper Green Road, Farnworth, which occurred at around 8.35pm on Sunday night.

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A witness said a taxi driver and his passenger were thrown from a Skoda Octavia and police said the driver of a Vauxhall Astra fled the scene on foot.

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The taxi passenger suffered a fractured leg, fractured ribs and head injuries. The taxi driver was suffering from concussion and head injuries and both were taken to Salford Royal Hospital, said police.

The taxi collided with the wall of the Premier convenience store and the Vauxhall reversed into the garden wall of a nearby house and destroyed it.