A YOUNG family has escaped serious injury after their car left the road, rolled over into a ditch, and ended up on its side.

The couple, from York, were travelling south on the A19 near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, with their baby in a black Vauxhall Astra when the accident happened shortly after 2.30pm on Sunday.

Despite the severity of the crash, none of the occupants was seriously hurt and no other vehicles were involved.

The Great North Air Ambulance attended the scene and landed on the road before taking the woman to the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton.

Paramedics said she was suffering from back and neck injuries.

The man and the baby were taken to hospital by ambulance but were not seriously injured.