Casualties cut from wreckage after car ends up in a ditch on major Wigan road

Emergency services were called to the one-vehicle collision after a car ended up in a ditch on Ashton Road in Billinge at 8.05am this morning (June 28).

The occupants suffered minor injuries and a woman in her 40s was taken to hospital.

The road remains open with police marshalling those trying to pass.

Its the second crash to take place on the road, known locally as the two-mile stretch, in a matter of months.

In February, a teenager was left fighting for his life after a red Ford Fiesta travelling in a southerly direction careered out of control and collided with a tree.

A 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were taken to hospital, with the boy suffering life-threatening injuries.