TWO men were taken to hospital after the van they were travelling in crashed into a house.

One man had to be cut free from the van following the crash on Lanark Road in Crossford, South Lanarkshire, on Wednesday.

The second man had left the van and was treated by paramedics while fire and rescue crews worked to free his companion. No-one was in the house at the time of the crash.

Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to rescue the motorist. The men were take to Wishaw General Hospital.