Two people dead in road crashes

Ms Townsend was a passenger on the motorbike

A man and a woman have died in separate road accidents in Greater Manchester.

Angela Townsend, 47, of William Street, Radcliffe, died after the motorbike she was a passenger on collided with a car on the M60 at about 1715 BST on Sunday.

The 34-year-old motorcyclist also suffered serious injuries and is stable in Hope Hospital, Salford.

A 67-year-old man from Blackrod also died when his truck - a recovery vehicle - hit a parked car in Plodder Lane, Bolton, at 1100 BST on Sunday.

Critically ill

Frank Woods, of Manchester Road, was travelling towards Over Hulton when the truck left the carriageway on a right-hand bend near the junction with Beech Avenue, Farnworth, and hit a Vauxhall Nova.

It is believed he may have fallen ill at the wheel. He died later at Royal Bolton Hospital.

Meanwhile, a 41-year-old woman pedestrian is in a critical condition after suffering head and leg injuries when she was in collision with a car in Burnage, Manchester.

It happened shortly after 2250 BST when a Mercedes Vito van driven by a 59-year-old man from Whalley Range was travelling along Kingsway towards the city centre.

Witnesses to any of the crashes are asked to contact police.