A teenage girl is criticallly ill after the car she was travelling in overturned.

Police say the driver of the blue Fiat Bravo lost control on the A6 London Way in Walton-le-Dale at 10.25pm yesterday.

The car ended up on its roof in the car park of the Capitol shopping and entertainment complex.

Three people were taken to hospital including the 15-year-old girl, who was left with life- threatening injuries.

She is expected to be transferred to Pendlebury children's hospital today.