AN 82-year-old Ringwood woman was freed from her car on Monday after firefighters cut the roof off following a crash.

The crash, between a Ford Transit white panel van and a green Nissan Almera on the roundabout below the A31, was reported to police just before 5pm.

Police, fire and ambulance crews raced to the scene on hearing a casualty was trapped. But the elderly Nissan driver is not thought to be seriously hurt.