Child taken to hospital after cars crash at busy junction in Wigan borough

Emergency services were called to Lovers Lane in Howe Bridge, at the junction with Leigh Road and Grafton Street, at around 6.45pm on Friday.

Two cars had collided, with two adults and four children inside the vehicles.

Firefighters from Atherton and Leigh worked to make the vehicles safe, while paramedics checked on those who had been in the cars.

One child was taken to hospital by ambulance.