Car crash shuts road

EMERGENCY services were called to a three-vehicle collision in Oldham yesterday afternoon.

Police, firefighters and an ambulance attended the incident on Ripponden Road, at the junction of Vulcan Street, to a crash involving a black VW Golf, a white Nissan Juke and a silver taxi.

One woman in her 60s was taken to hospital as a precaution and no injuries were reported.

All three vehicles suffered damage in the incident and the road was closed for a short while to allow emergency services to work.