A woman has died and a baby has been left injured after a car ran off the road and overturned in a field.

The pair were the only occupants of the vehicle which crashed north of Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, at 11am on Saturday.

The 23-year-old died at the scene and the 13-month-old girl is being treated for minor injuries at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

The A92 has been shut while the cause of the crash is investigated, but no other vehicles are thought to have been involved

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Following a single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred about 11am on Saturday on the A92 near Inverbervie, a 23-year-old female driver has sadly died.

"A 13-month-old child, who was a passenger in the same vehicle, is being treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for minor injuries.

"The road remains closed and enquiries are at an early stage."