A driver has been airlifted to hospital following a crash near Crewe.

Emergency services were called to Eardswick Lane on Monday afternoon (October 6) following reports of a crash outside Minshull's Garden Centre.

A car had left the road and collided with a tree.

The driver was left with 'serious' injuries and had to be taken to hospital by air ambulance.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: "At 2.04pm on Monday, police were called to a one vehicle collision on Eardswick Road, Minshull Vernon near the garden centre.

"The car has left the road and collided with a tree.

"The driver has been taken to hospital to be treated.

"She is believed to have serious injuries."

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Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service sent two engines to the scene, on each from the Crewe and Winsford stations.

A spokesperson said: "Crews released one casualty from their car following a road traffic collision involving two vehicles in Crewe.

"The casualty was then taken to the hospital by air ambulance crews."