A MAN has died following a head-on car smash.

Two vehicles, a Ford Ranger pick-up and a Ford Mondeo, crashed into each other on the A59 near the Ribchester turn off, just after the Oaks Bar traffic lights.

The man, who is believed to be aged 50, was taken by ambulance to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where he died soon after.

The other female driver, also in her 50s, was lifted to Royal Preston Hospital by air ambulance.

Her injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

Police closed a section of the road shortly after the accident at 5.10pm today, for three-and-a-half hours whilst an investigation was carried out and vehicles cleared from the road.

The road was closed from the traffic lights to Showley Road, and traffic diverted.