A driver had a lucky escape after his car overturned on an icy road and he got out unhurt.

Police were called out to the scene of the one-car crash last night at about 7.15pm.

It happened on the A689 at Hallbankgate, east of Brampton.

Officers say a Vauxhall Astra he was driving skidded on ice and overturned.

The driver was a 37-year-old man from Brampton and was uninjured.