Crash, prang, wallop — for a third time

Date published: 23 January 2009


TWO women suffered neck and back injuries following a crash at the accident blackspot junction of Waterloo Street and Rhodes Bank, Oldham, yesterday.

A BMW collided with a van which then careered into a tree. Firefighters from Oldham freed the two women from the BMW who were then taken to hospital for a check up.

The driver of the van escaped injury.

It was the third accident at the junction in recent weeks.

Earlier this month a woman was taken to hospital with spinal injuries after two cars collided and two cars were badly damaged in November.