POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a road Traffic accident on Sunday night in which two teenagers were injured when their motorcycle and a car collided.

At 8.30pm a 17-year-old local male youth and his 16-year-old pillion passenger were riding a Yamaha 600cc motorcycle along Wigan Road. Travelling in the opposite direction was a Peugeot 306 saloon driven by a 26-year-old Leigh man. They collided near the junction of Browning Street.

The youths were taken to Royal Bolton Hospital where they were treated for various fractures.

If anyone was in the Wigan Road area at the time and saw the accident they should contact Leigh Traffic Unit on 0161 856 7273.