A CAR accident left a tractor driver with a broken back at the weekend.

David McMonegal was driving along Cumeragh Lane, between Goosnargh and Longridge, toward Broughton, Preston, on Friday, April 12.

At around 3.15pm the tractor, which was towing a trailer, entered a dip in the road, smashing the vehicle's drive shaft.

Then a Ford Iveco van, driven by Leslie Knowles, ploughed into the tractor.

Mr McMonegal, 28, of Meadow Close, Clifton, near Preston, was thrown out of the tractor onto the road, suffering a broken back and right arm.

Mr Knowles, 51, of Burnley Road, Blackburn, was left with lacerations to his face.