TWO people have been taken to hospital a crash between Taunton and Williton.

Motorists faced long queues between Taunton and Williton after the crash between two vehicles. 

The crash took place around 2pm on the A358 near Triscombe. 

The road was blocked between Smokeham Lane and Watts Lane and has been closed to heavy goods vehicles.

Fire crews from Williton and Taunton were called to Flaxpool Hill to reports of an crash with persons trapped at the above location.

On arrival crews discovered a two car crash with two casualties that were out of the vehicles and one casualty still in one of the vehicles.

Crews made the vehicles safe using small tools and extricated the casualty.

It is believed one woman was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital with a suspected head injury and a man was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with a suspected dislocated shoulder by air ambulance.