A PATIENT escaped further injury after the ambulance transferring him from York District Hospital was in collision with a car.

The crash happened at a roundabout just yards from the hospital, at about 9am today.

Neither of the two ambulance staff were injured in the crash, described by North Yorkshire police as "a minor shunt".

A North Yorkshire Ambulance service spokeswoman confirmed that the patient - being transferred to Leeds General Infirmary for a procedure - was not further injured by the collision.

Updated: 16:35 Thursday, April 11, 2002