A 19-YEAR-OLD woman has been taken to hospital after a road traffic collision.

The woman was injured when the vehicle she was driving collided with another vehicle at 7.30pm in Colchester Road, St Osyth.

Clacton fire station sent two appliances to the scene and arrived just after 7.40pm.

Crews used cutting equipment to free the woman who was taken to hospital with neck and back injuries.