'It was the scariest thing in my life' - that was the reaction of a shocked mother whose car was blown off the road by the wind while driving with her six-year-old daughter.

Eastern Daily Press: A mother and her six year old daughter had a lucky escape when their car left the A141 and overturned. PHOTO: Fen CopsA mother and her six year old daughter had a lucky escape when their car left the A141 and overturned. PHOTO: Fen Cops (Image: Archant)

The woman said she had just overtaken another car on the A141 Isle of Ely Way between Chatteris and Wimblington, in Cambridgeshire, when the accident happened.

'It was a completely safe place to do so but the wind caught my car,' she said. 'I lost control and it ended up flipping into a ditch. It was the scariest thing in my life.'

A police spokesman said emergency services attended a single road traffic collision (RT) on the A141 at 5pm on Saturday.

The spokesman said; 'A Ford Galaxy vehicle had left the carriageway and rolled over into a wooded area.

Eastern Daily Press: A mother and her six year old daughter had a lucky escape when their car left the A141 and overturned. PHOTO: Fen CopsA mother and her six year old daughter had a lucky escape when their car left the A141 and overturned. PHOTO: Fen Cops (Image: Archant)

'Two persons have been taken to Peterborough City Hospital by the East of England Ambulance.

'The vehicle was recovered at the scene.'

Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward. Call 101 and quote incident CC-21102017-0352.