A woman was hospitalised after her car collided with a telephone pole.

Paramedics were called to the scene in Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, on Tuesday at 5pm following reports of a two-vehicle collision.

A silver car and a Royal Mail van collided before the car came to a halt when it hit a telegraph pole.

Paramedics treated the driver of the car, a woman in her 40s, for a suspected back injury.

She was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital for further treatment.

There were no further casualties.