TWO people were taken to hospital following a crash near Combe St Nicholas last night.

Fire crews from Chard, Ilminster and Taunton were called to the incident, involving two vehicles, at Cuttifords Door at about 6.15pm to rescue a woman in her 70s who was trapped in one of the vehicles.

She was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton with neck and chest injuries.

The second casualty was also taken to Musgrove.