A CAR catapulted into a front garden and landed on its roof in a garden after a collision.

The driver, a 33-year-old woman, is being treated at Whipps Cross Hospital for back and hip injuries following the accident in Forest Road, on the junction with Hale End Road, Walthamstow at around 2pm today (Friday).

Forest Road was closed from the waterworks to Fulbourne Road as a rescue operation was mounted.

Hale End Road was also closed.