A DRIVER was airlifted to hospital after a car left the road and overturned near Selby.

The accident, on the A645 Drax Link Road, left the driver with serious injuries after the Vauxhall Cavalier collided with a post and fencing.

The air ambulance rushed the casualty, who has not yet been named, to Hull Royal Infirmary.

Police are today appealing for witnesses to the crash to contact TC Andy Quigley on (01904) 631321.

The car had been travelling towards Drax at 11.10pm last night when the accident happened close to Wade House Lane.

The driver was travelling alone. No other vehicle is thought to have been involved.