A FEMALE motorist had to be cut free from her car following a crash on a Southampton road this afternoon.

The driver was involved in a collision with another motorist in Shirley Road at its junction with Millbrook Road East shortly after 4.15pm.

Firefighters removed the roof of one of the vehicles to allow the driver to escape.

The drivers are thought to have suffered minor injuries in the crash.

Shirley Road was partly closed with traffic diverted via Four Posts Hill.