TWO drivers were taken to hospital following a car crash in Whitehaven.

The collision happened in the early hours of this morning on Homewood Road.

The crash involved a Seat Leon, driven by a man, 27, from Cleator Moor, and a Land Rover driven by a man, 57, from Whitehaven.

Ambulance staff, firefighters and police were called out.

One of the men was cut out of his car by firefighters.

A force spokesman said: "Both men were taken to hospital as a precaution with minor injuries."