A MAN has been killed and a woman left seriously injured after their car left the road and rolled onto a field.

A white Citroen Saxo travelling from Northallerton to Richmond on the B6217, when it careered off the road at a left hand bend near the Thrintoft junction, at 5.20pm on Saturday.

The man, who had been driving the car, died at the scene.

The injured woman passenger suffered serious head injuries and was airlifted to the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.

No other vehicles are thought to have been involved.

Anyone with information should call North Yorkshire Police on 0845-6060-247.