A driver has been rushed to hospital after their car collided with a tree.

Police were called by London Ambulance Service to reports of a road traffic collision in Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow at around 8pm last night (October 1) .

A police spokesman said: “Paramedics took the driver of the car to an east London hospital. The drivers injuries are not believed to be life threatening or life changing.

“No arrests were made.”

Officers cordoned off the road with the Route 158 bus operating on diversion as wreckage was cleared.