A TEENAGE driver was taken to hospital after a collision involving two cars in Widnes.

The 17-year-old woman was hurt in an incident on Lunts Heath Road shortly after 2pm on Saturday.

Firefighters say no one was trapped.

Crews administered first aid to the driver until paramedics arrived.

A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust said: “We had a call outside the Church View to a 17-year-old female.

“She was taken to Whiston Hospital after falling ill at the wheel.”