Two people were taken to hospital yesterday following a crash on a road which connects Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield with St Albans.

Police closed Coopers Green Lane following a collision involved a grey BMW and a white Golf at around 4.40pm near the Hatfield Business Park turning.

A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said: "We were called to Cooper's Green Lane shortly before 4.40pm yesterday to reports of a collision.

"We sent an ambulance and ambulance officer who treated two patients at the scene before transporting them to Lister Hospital for further assessment and care."

Officers said a witness had left the scene prior to their arrival, and that anyone with information should call Herts police on 101.