A WOMAN had to be taken to hospital with an injured leg after a road accident in Smithills.

Sarah Shaw, aged 20, of Sandalwood, Westhoughton, was a passenger in a Ford Escort, which was involved in a collision with a BMW on Collier's Row at 3.45pm yesterday.

She damaged her knee in the accident and was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital. She was later discharged.

The driver, Richard Dwornik, aged 23, of Rusholme, was unhurt.

Edward Taylor was the motorist in the BMW. The 54-year-old, of Elgin Street, Bolton, was not injured.