FOUR young people were cut from a car after an accident in the early hours of the morning.

The car crashed on the Hythe by-pass near to Dibden Purlieu in the New Forest at about 1.53am.

Four people - two men and two women who are all in their twenties - were trapped in the car, and fire engines from Hythe and Hardley rushed to the scene.

The firefighters were able to cut the driver and passengers from the vehicle.

They were all treated by paramedics before being put on spinal boards as a precaution and being taken to Southampton General Hospital.

None of them suffered serious injuries.