TWO people have been taken to hospital following a car crash near Moreton in Marsh this afternoon.

The accident happened at Kitebrook, Little Compton near Moreton in Marsh just after 1.30pm today. 

West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and a paramedic officer to the scene.

They were joined by the Warwickshire and Northants Air Ambulance and a response from Great Western Ambulance Service.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Ambulance crews responded to a road traffic collision and treated patients from each of the three vehicles involved.

“A female in her 70s was trapped in her vehicle. She was rapidly extricated and treated for lower leg injuries before being airlifted to the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire.

“In the second car, crews treated a female in her sixties for chest injuries. She was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and spinal board before being conveyed to Banbury Hospital by land ambulance.

“A man from the third vehicle was also assessed at the scene by ambulance crews before being discharged.”