A TEENAGER was taken to hospital after the car he was travelling in crashed and ended up on its side.

The accident happened in Pauncefoot Hill near Romsey at about 8.30pm on Saturday.

Ambulance and fire crews were called to the scene and the 18-year-old had to be cut from the wreckage of the vehicle by firefighters.

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service said the man was taken to Southampton General Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

The road was closed until about 10pm.