A TEENAGE driver was taken to hospital after he crashed into a wall in the early hours of this morning.

Two crews from Thames-side fire station in Coldharbour Road, Northfleet, were called to Galley Hill Road in Northfleet at 2.30am.

Firefighters made the grey Ford Escort van safe by isolating the battery.

The male driver believed to be 16 or 17 was put on a spinal board and taken to hospital by road ambulance.