AN ELDERLY man was taken to hospital with cuts after a car crashed into a house, say police.

Emergency services were called to Chain Lane in Blackbrook on late Monday morning after a green Ford Zetec collided with a house.

A police spokeswoman said: "At 11.32am on Monday a vehicle hit the wall of a house.

"An elderly man was taken to hospital. He was in shock and suffered some cuts to an arm.

"The house was checked and it was safe."