THREE men were taken to hospital after a car careered off the road in Heath Charnock last night.

The men, in their 20s, were passengers in a Subaru Impreza travelling towards Horwich from Chorley when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to veer off Long Lane into a ditch.

The injured passengers were taken to Chorley Hospital with minor injuries. The driver, from Whitefield, was not injured.

Firefighters were called to the scene, near Adlington, to assist paramedics.