A driver has been taken to hospital after a car ended up on its side between Newport and Shalfleet.

UPDATE: The road has reopened. 

A road closure is in place on Yarmouth Road, between its junction with Betty Haunt Lane and Three Gates farm.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary was called to the crash at around 11.23am.

It happened just past Vittlefields Farm.

Officers remain at the scene this afternoon.

Firefighters and paramedics have also been in attendance, as the County Press reported.

Police said minor injuries were reported.

Southern Vectis buses are diverting.