A woman has crashed her car in Rickinghall reportedly after hitting a pothole in the road.

The crash occurred on the B1113 in Rickinghall around 1.14pm this afternoon as the woman drove her Mini Cooper around a sweeping left-hand bend in the northbound direction.

The car hit a pothole and came off the road into a ditch before eventually coming to rest on a grassy verge.

The woman is believed to have sustained a back injury.