A MOTORIST escaped with minor injuries after the car she was driving ended up on its roof in a ditch in North Yorkshire.

Two fire crews were called to a report of a car in a ditch with a woman trapped inside in Shaw Lane, Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate, at about 9.45pm on Tuesday.

When they arrived they found a car on its roof.

They used a reciprocating saw to cut away foliage to be able to free the driver from the car.

"She was given a precautionary check at the scene for minor injuries," a spokesman for North Yorkshire fire service said.