TWO elderly women are being treated for minor injuries after the car they were travelling in flipped over in Leasowe this afternoon.

Reeds Lane is currently closed to traffic following the incident, which involved a green Renault Clio and occurred between Fender Lane and Birket Avenue just after 3.30pm.

The driver, believed to be in her 60s, and her 80-year-old passenger are being treated at the scene.

No other vehicle was involved and police are trying to establish what happened.