A DRIVER was fortunate to escape serious injury after a car crash near Capel St Mary.

A DRIVER was fortunate to escape serious injury after a car crash near Capel St Mary.

The accident happened at 10.20am, 15 miles from Colchester, on the southbound carriageway of the A12.

A red Nissan Micra left the road and rolled into a ditch, leaving the driver of the car suffering neck injuries but not needing hospital treatment.