TWO MEN were taken to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after a car overturned in a three-car pile up.

Police were called to the accident on the A414 at the Smallford junction just after 2am.

One man was able to escape the overturned silver BMW but a second man had to be freed by firefighters. They were both taken to the QEII in Welwyn Garden City.

Police reopened the road just after 4am.