FOUR people were taken to hospital after a crash near Helsby.

Police, firefighters and paramedics attended the collision between two cars on Manley Road in Alvanley, near Helseby, at 9.40am.

Fortunately nobody was trapped in the vehicles.

North West Ambulance service took two adults and two children from the scene near The White Lion Pub to the Countess of Chester hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries.