A WOMAN was taken to hospital after her car crashed and ended up on its roof.

The 64-year-old woman escaped with minor injuries from the overturned car which crashed in Greenock's Auchneagh Road at around 11am yesterday.

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Police and an ambulance attended and the lady was taken to Inverclyde Royal for checks, our sister title the Greenock Telegraph reports.

Sergeant Jason Logsdon said: "A female driver collided with a lamp-post, causing the car to overturn.

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"The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to Inverclyde Royal Hospital as a precaution."