A MOTORCYCLIST died after he was involved in a collision with a car.

Peter Aldcroft, aged 33, of Bolton Square, Scholes, Wigan, was riding his Yamaha 600 along Ormskirk Road towards Orrell in Pemberton, Wigan, at 9pm last night when he was involved in a collision with a Ford Fiesta driven by a 48-year-old woman from Platt Bridge, as the car turned into a petrol station.

The driver suffered shock. Mr Aldcroft died at Wigan Royal Infirmary from multiple injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses.