Four killed and five injured in Bolton road crash

Police said three teenagers and a man in his 50s died and five people were injured in the collision involving a taxi and a car.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision which is understood to have occurred in Wigan Road, Bolton, at 00:45 GMT.

Police said three people traveling in the red Seat Leon, two aged 18 and the other 19, died, including the driver. The driver of a Citroen C4 Picasso, thought to be a taxi, was also killed.

GMP said that five people injured in the accident were taken to hospital and treated.

A spokesman for Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: “At around 12.50pm, three fire trucks and technical response units attended a crash involving a taxi and a car on Wigan Road, Bolton.

“Fire crews arrived quickly to make the area safe and used cutting equipment to help remove people from vehicles before handing them over to the care of the North West Ambulance Service.

“Greater Manchester Police helped cordon off the area.

“Crews were there for about two hours.”

Councilor Ayyub Patel, who represents the area, said: BBC Radio Manchester He said he had spoken to some of the victims’ relatives who were “devastated.”

“The community woke up to this very sad news, they were shocked; the mood is gloomy.

“Any loss of life in any family is devastating news and waking up to such tragic news is more than expected.

“If it’s expected, you know what’s going to happen, but if it’s not expected, then of course it’s a shocking experience.”

The accident scene has been closed.

GMP has appealed for any information relating to the fatal collision.