A MAN was taken to hospital after a car crashed into a garden wall.

Emergency services were called to the junction of Deane Church Lane and Hawthorn Road, in Deane, just after 8.30pm on Wednesday.

Police, ambulance and a firefighters from Bolton Central Community Fire Station attended.

A man in his 30s was taken to Royal Bolton Hospital, however the nature and seriousness of his injuries are still unclear.

A spokesman for the fire station said: "We attended an RTC involving two vehicles - a Skoda and a Vauxhall.

"One had crashed into a garden wall and the other had collided with that and was in the road.

"It was two male drivers and one was taken to hospital by the North West Ambulance Service.

"We were called out to make the vehicle safe for Greater Manchester Police.

"We were there around an hour."