A DRIVER was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being thrown from a car.

Firefighters were called to the crash between Deddington and Clifton at 11.04pm on Saturday.

Two fire engines, one from Banbury and one from Deddington, were called to the crash.

A fire service spokesman said: "Upon arrival it was clear that the vehicle had been involved in a severe collision with a tree and the driver had been ejected from the vehicle.

"The vehicle had left the road at speed before hitting a tree and coming to rest across both lanes of the road.

"Unfortunately the driver, who it appears was not to have been wearing a seatbelt, ended up some distance away from the vehicle after being ejected from the car."

The driver was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with severe injuries.