A YOUNG woman has been seriously injured in a traffic accident in Boothstown.

The 22-year-old woman, from Wigan, was riding her motorbike on Mosley Common Road towards the East Lancashire Road when a Ford transit van, driven by a 29-year-old man from Monton, turned right out of a garage forecourt and was in a collision with her.

The woman fell from her blue Suzuki motorbike and suffered a badly broken leg.

She was taken to Hope Hospital.

The driver of the van was uninjured.

Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the Leigh road-policing unit on 0161 856 7201.