A MAN and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after their car smashed into a field in Altham.

At 2.45am this morning, paramedics, firefighters and police were called to Altham Lane.

A crew from Hyndburn fire used cutters to release the male driver, before two ambulances took both of the casualties to Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Burnley Road in Altham was closed for five hours until 8am, while the accident was cleared from the scene and a police investigation carried out.