Pensioner taken to hospital after three-car crash

An 86-year-old driver has been taken to hospital after a three-car crash in Wakefield.

Emergency services were called to the junction of Doncaster Road and Wakefield Road, near Chantry Bridge at around noon today (Thursday).

A Volvo, Volkswagen and a Vauxhall were all involved in the collision.

A police spokesman said the man was taken to Pinderfields Hospital to be treated for shock.