A DRIVER was injured when their car hit a tree on the A19 in York.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the A19, in Fulford, at 4.20pm on Saturday after the vehicle crashed into a tree just off the roundabout of main road.

The fire service said ambulance crews requested they attend, and a crew from York station arrived to make the area safe. The driver and passenger got out of the car themselves and suffered minor injuries.