A man has been seriously injured after his car overturned and hit a tree along the A46 near Stoneleigh on Sunday (23 February).

The dual carriageway was closed southbound between Leaf Lane and the junction for Stoneleigh late last night after the vehicle left the carriageway and went down an embankment.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called by Warwickshire Police at 9.07pm following the incident, with two ambulances, a critical care car from The Air Ambulance Service and a paramedic officer responded to the incident.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "Crews arrived to find an overturned car down an embankment.

"The driver, a man, was rapidly assessed and extricated from the vehicle and up the steep embankment with help from fire service colleagues.

"The man had sustained serious injuries and received trauma care at the scene before being conveyed by ambulance on blue lights and sirens to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for further emergency care."