A DRIVER was taken to hospital after a car crash near a Doffcocker church.

The collision happened at 9.35pm on Thursday in Chorley Old Road close to The Triangle Methodist Church in New Church Road.

Paramedics treated a man for head and neck injuries and he was taken to Royal Bolton Hospital.

A second patient had suffered minor injuries but was not transported to hospital.

 

The Bolton News: Gina Sedgwick's Facebook post about the car crashGina Sedgwick's Facebook post about the car crash

 

Greater Manchester Police said: "We were called at 9.32 to a road traffic collision between two cars at the junction of Chorley Old Road and New Church Road.

"The junction was blocked. Both drivers received minor injuries."