Car crashes through garden wall after collision on busy Wigan road

Just before 11am today (Friday), emergency services were called to reports of a two-car collision at the junction of Park Road and Atherton Road in Hindley.

Police attended and found that two cars had collided before one, a red Mini, was shunted through the garden wall of a nearby property.

Firefighters were also called to make the scene safe.

There were no casualties reported and police cancelled the call to paramedics while they were on their way.

A spokesperson for Hindley fire crew said: "It was a low-speed collision. It could have been a lot worse.

"Luckily no one was injured, just a bit shaken up."