A WOMAN has been taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital after a crash involving a driving instructor's car in Blackburn town centre.

The incident happened in Barbara Castle Way at around 2:15pm.

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A white Toyota Yaris from Ruksana School of Motoring smashed through wooden fencing after the collision with an orange BMW 5 series.

Fire crews from Blackburn were called to help free a woman in her late 40s from the Yaris.

She has been taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital.