TWO men were taken to hospital following a collision between two cars this morning (Monday, December 12).

A Mercedes Sprinter collided with a Kia at the junction of Gorecock Lane and Power Road, behind Greencroft Industrial Estate, Annfield Plain, near Stanley, County Durham, shortly before 10am.

A police officer at the scene said two male drivers had been taken to the University Hospital of North Durham. Neither was believed to be seriously injured.