A WOMAN was taken to hospital following a truck crash.

Emergency services were called to Waddington after a Nissan Pick-Up-Truck crashed on Slaidburn Road shortly before noon today.

The smash came after the vehicle hit a slight slope on an embankment near the road. It was attached to a horse trailer.

The driver of the vehicle, a woman, was trapped inside and had to be rescued by firefighters.

Paramedics arrived shortly after and monitored the condition of the casualty, who was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

A police spokesman said: "We were called by the fire service following reports a Nissan Pickup truck had crashed.

"A woman was trapped inside and air ambulance attended.

"She was taken to hospital to be checked over and the vehicle has been recovered."