A WOMAN has been injured after a car crashed into a ditch in North Yorkshire.

The Mitsubishi Carisma came off the A169 in Pickering, near the Lockton junction, at about 3.50pm on Wednesday, with one of the three people travelling in the car - a woman from West Yorkshire - suffering minor injuries.

The driver of the Carisma and the couple's 18-month-old grandson were not injured. North Yorkshire Police have appealed for the driver of a small blue car with two white stripes down the side, which tried to overtake the Mitsubishi just before the crash, to contact them.

Anybody with information should phone North Yorkshire Police on 101 and ask for Pc Andy Rogers or Ryedale Police.