TWO motorists whose cars were involved in a head-on collision on the same side of a duel carriageway escaped with minor injuries.
A Toyota Carina, driven by a 58-year-old man from Bolton, was travelling north along St Peter's Way when it was in collision with a Peugeot 306, driven by a 23-year-old Chorley man believed to be travelling in the wrong direction.
Firefighters battled for half-an-hour to release them before both men were taken to the Bolton Royal Hospital.
The incident, which occurred at 3.15am on Saturday, blocked the carriageway. The A666 was closed from the junction with Kearsley Island for more than an hour.
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