A woman and child have been taken to hospital suffering from shock following a two vehicle crash in Norwich today.

Police were called to reports of a crash involving a VW panel van and a Ford Focus car on Woodside Road at about 9am.

Fire crews from Sprowston and Carrow were also called to the crash which blocked the road as one vehicle was rendered undriveable as a result.

A police spokesman said one woman suffered a minor injury following the crash which resulted in the road being blocked until about 10.20am.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) said they were on scene at 8.58am and confirmed 'crews treated a woman and child for shock and conveyed both to Norfolk & Norwich as a precaution'.