TWO children and a man were taken to hospital after a car crashed into a telegraph pole in Halesowen.

The accident happened in Hawne Lane at around 8.45am yesterday (Sunday January 26).

The occupants of the car which left the road and smashed into the telegraph pole - a man and two boys - were taken by ambulance to Russells Hall Hospital.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 8.45am yesterday to reports of a car collided with a telegraph pole in Hawne Lane, Halesowen.

"We sent one ambulance to the scene and treated three patients, a man and two boys, for minor injuries.

"They were all taken to Russells Hall Hospital as a precaution."

No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the crash.