A teenage girl has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Bolton.

Emergency services were called to Chorley Old Road at around 7pm last night following reports of a collision.

Upon their arrival they discovered a young girl had been hit.

She was taken to hospital.

A police spokesperson said: "Emergency services attended, following enquiries no arrests have been made, and a teenage girl was taken to hospital as a precaution.

"Her injuries are not believed to be life threatening or changing."