A MAN was seriously injured early today after his car collided with a wall on Scout Road, Smithills, and ended up in a field. Firefighters cut the roof off his Ford Fiesta after he became trapped.

The car had rolled onto its roof a number of times. Two passengers scrambled free and ran to a house half a mile away to raise the alarm.

The unnamed man, who was bleeding heavily with head and back injuries, and his two friends, are being treated in the Royal Bolton Hospital.