FIREFIGHTERS used cutting equipment to deal with two cars which had crashed into each other in Blackburn town centre.

No-one was hurt after the collision between the vehicles at around 8.30am, at the junction of King Street and Freckleton Street.

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But vehicles had to be separated using specialist gear.

An investigation has been launched by Lancashire Police, amid reports that one of the cars had pulled out from the junction before colliding with the other.

The road reopened to traffic after half an hour.