TWO people were taken to hospital after a car overturned.

The incident happened just after 7pm on Leeholme Road, Leeholme, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

A woman was released before the arrival of the fire brigade and taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital.

A man had to be released from the car by firefighters and was then flown by air ambulance to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough.

The extent of the pair's injuries are not known.