Woman hospitalised in car smash (Kingsway)

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A woman was taken to hospital this morning (Monday 27 April) after a two-car smash in Kingsway.

Traffic was held up between the junction of Moss Bridge Road and Isaac Newton Way, after a Fiat Punto collided with a Ford Mondeo at 8.30am.

A female passenger, believed to be about 50, was cut from the Punto by fire fighters.

She was taken to Rochdale Infirmary with arm and leg injuries.

The driver, a male of roughly the same age, is suffering from shock.

There are no believed injuries from the other car.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: “We cut the female from the car and she was taken to straight to hospital, luckily the driver was only suffering from shock”.

The roads are now open.