A MAN has been taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital after his car crashed into a bus stop this morning.

He had been driving his blue Vauxhall Adam but veered off the road into the Houghton Avenue bus stop, in Rochdale Road.

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Police were called at 8.30am this morning.

A police spokeswoman said: “One vehicle has gone into the bus stop.

“The driver did not appear injured.

“But the ambulance attended the scene and he was taken to Blackburn as a precaution.

“The council was informed about the damage caused to the bus stop.”

One side of the road was blocked off while police were at the incident.