TWO drivers were hurt -- and one had to be cut free by firemen -- after their cars collided on Stanhill Road, Oswaldtwistle opposite the reservoir yesterday.

Police named the drivers as Alan Costello of Accrington Road, Blackburn, who was driving a Peugeot 306 and Michael Smith, of Church Street, Oswaldtwistle who was driving a Volkswagen Polo.

Both men were taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary Hospital and sent home after treatement for minor injuries.