A woman was taken to hospital after a crash left a car in a ditch between Hitchin and Luton this morning.

The collision occurred at Lilley Bottom at the junction with Stony Lane at around 7.25am, with the woman being treated at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital for leg pain.

An Audi A4 and a Fiat Punto were involved in the incident.

The road was closed while emergency services worked at the scene but is now open again.

A passer-by told the Comet: “The Fiat Punto was in a ditch and practically vertical.”