Two people taken to hospital after crash near Simonstone

Whalley Road, Simonstone <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Whalley Road, Simonstone (Image: Google Maps)
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Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Simonstone.

Officers were called to Whalley Road shortly before 7.30pm last night (April 4) to reports of a crash involving a BMW and a Mazda.

Police said one person suffered a leg injury and the other suffered a stomach injury.

The road was closed for several hours while emergency services carried out their work, and was reopened at around 11.10pm.

Anyone with information or footage that could assist the police should call 101 and quote log 1076 of April 4, 2026.

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