ONE person has been taken to hospital following a two car crash near Ross-on-Wye this morning.

The accident happened on the B4224 at How Caple about 7.45am.

West Midlands Ambulance Service say the driver of one of the cars, a man in his 30s, suffered a fractured sternum and was taken to Hereford County Hospital.

A passenger in the same car suffered a head laceration while the driver of the other car was discharged at the scene.

The road remains closed.