TWO people have been taken to hospital this morning after a crash on a Ryedale road.

The collision, involving two cars, happened on the A169 between Malton and Pickering, close to the junction with Howe Road, at about 9.10am, with police, fire crews and paramedics called to the scene.

A man and a woman, who were in separate cars, were treated at the scene and taken to hospital, but their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The road is now being cleared.