EMERGENCY services were called to High Mickley on Monday night after a car overturned and left the road.

Police, fire crews, paramedics and the Great North Air Ambulance Service were called to Bowlers Hill, on the road between High Mickley and Hedley on the Hill at just before 4pm.

Officers say the female driver was treated at the scene and taken to Newcastle's RVI by the North East Ambulance Service.

Her condition is described as stable.