FOUR people, including a five-year-old child, were taken to hospital after a two-vehicle collision in North Yorkshire tonight.

The accident happened on the A684 at Ellerbeck around 5.15pm.

A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said that a Renault Scenic with a man and woman in their 60s and a Renault Clio with a woman in her 30s and a child of about five were involved.

The couple in the Scenic suffered superficial injuries, while the woman in the Clio sustained chest, leg and crush injuries. The child was not seriously injured.