TWO people were injured following a crash involving two cars near Knighton yesterday.

Emergency services were called to the junction of the A4113 and Pitts Lane at Stowe shortly before 7.25am.

The driver of one of the cars, a woman in her 50s, had to be cut free by the fire service.

She was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after sustaining limb fractures and chest and abdomen pain.

The other driver, a man in his 20s, had a facial injury and was taken to Hereford County Hospital as a precaution.