Four police personnel and two prisoners were rushed to hospital, following a motor vehicle crash on the Pepper main road, St Elizabeth, Monday afternoon.

Our news team was told that a female officer, as well as two prisoners, were treated and released.

Reports are that about 1:30 p.m. the police service vehicle, being driven from Mandeville to Santa Cruz, skidded, hit a ditch an overturned.

The police have, so far, pointed to wet road conditions as the cause for the crash.

THE STAR understands the prisoners were being taken to court.