A MOTORCYCLIST was killed in an accident involving a four-wheel drive vehicle near the Greyhound roundabout at Leigh.

Saide Steven Dykstra, aged 32, of Belper Road, Peel Green, Eccles, suffered multiple injuries when his 1,000cc Yamaha motorcycle was involved in a collision with an Isuzu Trooper driven by Paul Anthony Williams, aged 51, of Timperley.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident, which happened at 3.55pm on the east bound carriageway of the East Lancashire Road.

Anyone with information can contact police on 0161 856 7072.