A 41-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital this morning after the car he was travelling in crashed onto its roof in a Ribble Valley field.

Firefighters attended the incident in Longridge Road, Hurst Green, at around 3am, where the car was found lying in a field.

Longridge Road, Hurst Green

Officers used cutting equipment to free the man, who was then taken by ambulance to Royal Blackburn Hospital.

A Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the man was discharged from hospital after being checked over by medics.