FOUR schoolchildren were among six casualties taken to hospital after a two-car collision in Bury on Wednesday morning.

The rush-hour accident at Bury Bridge caused tailbacks while the emergency services attended. The driver and three children in a taxi, together with the driver and a child in a people-carrier, were treated at the scene by ambulance crews for minor injuries. They were taken to hospital as a precaution.

A woman and her 13-year-old daughter escaped injury when their Metro car was involved in an accident in Bury Road, Radcliffe, at 7.45pm on Wednesday. A transit van, being driven by a local man, collided with the rear of the car, leaving the occupants of the Metro, who came from Stockport, suffering from shock. They were treated at the scene.