A MAN was taken to hospital after his vehicle was flipped on to its roof after hitting a wall in Wylam.

Police and an ambulance crew were alerted to the incident on Sunday, February 18 at about 7am after receiving reports of the collision on Main Road.

The man was treated for facial injuries before taken to hospital.

A spokesman for North East Ambulance said: "We were called at 07.24 yesterday morning (Sunday 18 February) to attend reports of a collision between a car and a wall on Main Road, Wylam.

"We dispatched one paramedic crew who treated one patient with facial injuries before taking him to hospital."

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said:"Shortly after 7.30am yesterday (Sunday), police received a report of a one-vehicle collision on Main Road in Wylam.

"It was reported that a car was overturned following a collision with a wall.

"Thankfully, no-one is believed to have been seriously injured in the collision."