Firefighters rescued a person from a car which overturned following a crash on Moss Bank Way yesterday, Friday. The crash, which happened just before 5pm near the junction with Drummond Street, involved two vehicles. Photos from the incident show a car left on its side.
Shaun Hill, who owns SJH Powerwashing Services, was cleaning a nearby property when he heard the crash. Speaking to The Bolton News, Shaun said: “I was washing the property across the road, on the main road, and I just heard a bang – as I turned around, a car was upside down outside Vets4Pets.” Sign up to our newsletters to get the latest stories sent straight to your inbox.
Shaun said the incident left him feeling shocked – and that the area is notorious for crashes. He added: “It’s got a bad reputation – one guy nicknamed it the ‘junction of death’, but I’ve never seen a fatality there. “Death junction, they call it.
” Department for Transport crash data shows more than 100 crashes from 1999 to 2022 in and around the area of this latest crash – including one incident on Blackburn Road, in 2022 – just 600ft away – which led to the death of an 80-year-old man. Department for Transport data shows more than 100 crashes in and around the area from 1999 to 2022 (Image: DfT, CycleStreets, Thunderforest, OpenStreetMap contributors) Follow The Bolton News on Facebook , Instagram , X (Twitter) , and TikTok . A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said: “At just be.