A TEENAGE girl was hurt after being involved in a road accident in Westhoughton.

Sally Gilbertson, aged 15, was injured when she was involved in a collision with a car as she walked across Manchester Road, near its junction with Bolton Road, at 8.15am yesterday.

The girl was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital suffering from swelling to her left elbow.

The driver of the Mitsubishi Colt involved in the accident, Dale Kitchen, aged 42, of Whitebeam Walk, Westhoughton, was unhurt.