FOUR children were among seven people injured after two family cars crashed in Salford.

A people carrier travelling along Regent Road towards Manchester collided with a Kia and then flipped onto its roof hitting steel barriers near a pedestrian crossing at the Regent Road junction with Oldfield Road at 6pm this evening.

All six occupants of the people carrier – a man, a woman and four children - were thrown from the vehicle as a result of the collision and all of them suffered injuries which required hospital treatment.

The most seriously hurt were one of the adults and a boy aged seven, who sustained a serious arm injury. The other occupants of the car – which included an 11-month-old baby – sustained minor injuries.

A child who was travelling in the Kia also suffered minor injuries in the collision and was treated in hospital.

The collision – outside Sainsbury’s supermarket – caused traffic chaos.

Motorists were urged by police to find alternative routes and the road was closed in both directions as a result.

An investigation was being launched today. Fire fighters were called to make the scene safe.

A police spokesman said: “One child and one adult were seriously injured. Five others received what are believed to be minor injuries. Investigations are underway.”