A WOMAN has been rescued after she crashed her car into a village pond in North Yorkshire.

At about 4.25pm today (January 10), North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called to a crash in Shipton-by-Beningbrough on the A19.

When arriving on the scene, they saw a woman behind the wheel of a car that had ended up in a pond.

Fire crews rescued the woman, who was trapped inside the vehicle and handed her over into the care of ambulance crews, who also arrived at the scene.

A spokesperson for the fire service said: "Crews secured the vehicle to ensure it could easily be recovered and handed the incident over to the police."