A person had to be cut from a car following a crash in Bolton.
Emergency services were scrambled to Chorley New Road, near Bolton School, just after 1.30pm today (Monday December 27).
It followed reports of a collision involving two cars, between Park Road and Beverley Road.
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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) confirmed that firefighters freed someone from one of the cars and that five others were taken to hospital as a precaution.
A GMFRS spokesman said: “At 1:38pm on Monday 27 December 2021 two fire engines and the technical response unit from Bolton and Leigh attended a road traffic collision involving two cars on Chorley New Road, Bolton.
"Crews extricated one casualty from the vehicle using cutting gear, a hearth kit, stabilisation equipment and a long board.
"The casualty was taken to hospital.
"Five further casualties were transferred to hospital for precautionary checks.
"Crews were detained for one hour, ten minutes."
