FIVE people were taken to hospital after a two-car crash on Saturday.

The accident happened on the A689 at Sedgefield, County Durham, near to the Total garage. A woman was taken to North Tees University Hospital, in Stockton, by air ambulance.

Four other people were ferried to the same hospital by road but police said none of the injuries were life threatening.

The vehicles involved were a Renault Espace people carrier and a Mini Cooper.