TWO pensioners were taken to hospital after a crash in Westhoughton.

The man and the woman, both aged in their 70s, were in a Honda Jazz which collided with a van in Cricketers Way at about 9.30pm last night.

A crew from Atherton fire station removed a door to allow the pair to get out of the car, and they were then taken to hospital as a precaution.

The other three passengers in the car and the driver of the van did not require further treatment.