A man had to be freed from his van yesterday morning following a collision near Leyburn.

The man, driving a Citroen van, suffered a broken collarbone in the incident, which happened at about 8.20am, at Halfpenny House, Barden Moor, near Leyburn.

The driver of the other vehicle, a Ford Focus, was taken to the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton, where he was found to have suffered lower back injuries.