A DRIVER escaped serious injury after his car was flipped on to its roof in Dorcan Way.

Firefighters had to upright the white Vauxhall Cavalier after the accident, which happened at the Snodshill roundabout.

Police say that the vehicle clipped the kerb as it left the roundabout and bounced into the middle of the road where it hit a small traffic island and overturned at 10.05am yesterday .

The driver, who has not been named, was taken to the Great Western Hospital suffering from shock but no serious physical injury.

Leading fireman, Mark Shipway, of Swindon Fire Station said: "When we attended the scene the vehicle was on its roof but fortunately nobody was trapped and the airbag had gone off, making it less dangerous.

"We stemmed the flow of oil from the engine and used fibresand to mop up the spill."

Eyewitness, Michael Gillen, 39, a driver from Liden, said: "When I got there the car was on its roof and there was quite a lot of traffic. I'm stunned that no one was seriously injured."