A TEENAGE boy has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a lamppost this morning.

The collision happened at 6:55am today in Ambleside Drive, in Worcester.

There were two people involved in the collision.

One patient was discharged at the scene, while the other, a teenage boy, was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with minor injuries.

A spokesman from Hereford and Worcester Fire Control said both patients managed to get themselves out of the vehicle safely before the emergency services arrived.