A MOTORIST has been taken to hospital after the car he was driving flipped on to its roof.

Preston Circus firefighters were called to The Deneway in Brighton at 2am this morning to find a Rover on its roof and the male driver trapped inside.

Crews were able to release the man, who was aged in his 30s, from the car before handing him over to South East Coast Ambulance Service paramedics who took him to hospital.

Two other parked cars in the road were damaged during the incident.