A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after the car she was driving left the road and turned onto its side.

The incident happened just after 10am on Wolviston Road at the junction with Station Road in Billingham yesterday morning.

The woman, 43, was taken to the University Hospital of North Tees with minor injuries and has since been released.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage, and would like to speak to the driver of a white Iveco panel van.

The van did not stop at the scene and was last seen heading from Billingham into the Norton area.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Lee Benson from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit on 101, or quoting event number 031162.