Five people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a two-vehicle collision in Burford Road, Minster Lovell.

Five ambulances and a rapid-response vehicle arrived in eight minutes and an air ambulance was brought in from the Isle of Wight following Saturday’s smash.

Firefighters from Witney and Kidlington also attended the incident, on the B4027, just after 7pm. The occupant of one car had to be cut free.

One person was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital by air ambulance while four were taken to hospital by ambulance.