A MAN collapsed and died while out walking in Rivington.

He had been walking with two other people in Lever Park, behind Rivington and Blackrod School, when he collapsed at 1.50pm on Friday afternoon.

Three teenage boys, who were in the area at the time saw what happened, and tried to resuscitate the 56-year-old walker.

Members of the group then flagged down a Bolton Mountain Rescue Team Land Rover, which had been in the area as part of the annual Pike Fair celebrations.

Paramedics arrived and continued efforts to revive the man en-route to Royal Bolton Hospital, giving him oxygen.

However, the man could not be saved.

Police were also called to the scene but there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's death.

Bolton Mountain Rescue Team Leader, Gary Rhodes, said: "This was a tragic thing to happen on Good Friday.

"What the three teenagers did was absolutely amazing.

"Everyone worked hard to give this man the best possible chance but there was just nothing that could be done."