A woman had to be saved from a minibus after it left the road and rolled over.

Firefighters from Colchester and Wivenhoe had to lift the van to save the woman on Maldon Road, Colchester in the early hours of this morning.

Airbags and specialist lifting equipment were used to get to the woman at 1.45am this morning.

She was released at 2.15am and left in the care of the ambulance service.

Crews then made the vehicle and roadway safe.