AN ambulance crew escaped unscathed after a collision with a Porsche on the way to answer a 999 call to a house in York.

The accident happened at about 11.33am yesterday in Haley's Terrace, off Haxby Road, York. The crew were answering a call to a nearby house and were only 200 yards from their destination at the time of the collision.

No one was injured in the crash and another crew was sent to the original emergency.

The ambulance has been taken off the road as a result of the smash.