Railway bridge at Euxton closed after rush hour crash

By Matthew Calderbank
Published 1st Jul 2019, 08:03 BST
Updated 1st Jul 2019, 09:03 BST
The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)
The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)
A busy commuter route into Chorley has been closed after a head on collision this morning (July 1).

Police closed the A49 Wigan Road at the railway bridge, between Bucksaw Village and Euxton, after two vehicles were involved in a collision at around 6.40am.

The collision involved a silver Honda Civic and a red Ford Mondeo.

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The road remains closed in both directions as the vehicles await recovery.

The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)
The silver Honda Civic was involved in collision with a red Ford Mondeo near the railway bridge in Wigan Road, near Buckshaw Village, this morning (July 1)

Two ambulances are in attendance and minor injuries have been reported.

A police spokesman said: "We were called at around 6.40am to reports of a minor injury collision on Wigan Road.

"Two vehicles were involved. A full road block has been put in place and ambulance were called to the scene."

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