An elderly man died after his car entered the water near Colne during Storm Bert.

Police received a report of a car entering a body of water in Cockhill Lane in Foulridge at around 4.15pm on Saturday.

Emergency services attended and a man in his 80s was recovered from the water.

He was sadly later pronounced dead at hospital.

A woman in her 80s was also taken to hospital but officers said her condition is “not life-threatening”.

A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this incredibly distressing time.

“The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be passed to the coroner in due course.”

Elderly man dies after his car enters water near Colne during Storm Bert