THE air ambulance has been called to a serious crash.

A road closure is in place between Todmorden Road and Crown Point Road and Crown Point Road and Bacup Road as emergency services deal with the incident.

Officer were called at around lunchtime to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Bacup Road in Cliviger.

A police spokesman said: β€œIt appears a car and Ford Transit van have been involved in a collision and the car has ended up in a field. It is unclear if anybody has been injured at this stage.”

Updates to follow.