A 49-year-old man and his wife had to be cut free from their sports car after a collision in Shalfleet.

The accident occurred on Sunday at Winchester Corner, near the junction of Elm Lane and Forrest Road at 3pm.

The man's black Porsche Boxster was in collision with a red Peugeot 406 estate travelling towards Shalfleet.

Police closed the road for about an hour and a half, while fire- fighters from Newport worked to free the couple. They were taken to St Mary's Hospital, where the driver was treated for serious, but not life-threatening, head injuries.