Crash on main road

A car passenger was rushed to hospital following a four-vehicle crash on a busy main road in Scarborough.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the crash on Seamer Road at 11.49am on Monday.

Firefighters stabilised a car and helped to remove a woman from the vehicle and into the care of paramedics.

Police set up a cordon on the main road, close to the junction with Falsgrave Road, outside the Shell petrol station.

The area was inaccessible to traffic for several hours and drivers were urged to avoid the scene. It later reopened shortly before 2pm.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said one patient was taken to Scarborough Hospital and another two were checked over by paramedics but did not need to attend hospital.