ONE person is in hospital after a three-car crash near Bicester this evening.

Traffic built up on the A41 after the smash at around 5.55pm at the roundabout by the B4100 and Seelscheid Way.

Four ambulances were sent to the scene where paramedics checked over five people.

One was taken to the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

South Central Ambulance Service spokesman Jill Hodgetts said: “The call came in at 5.55pm to a three-car road traffic collision.

“There were five patients in total and four ambulances were initially sent.

“One of them was taken to the Horton Hospital but the extent of their injuries are not known.”