Crews release man from vehicle following two vehicle collision

Firefighters rescued a man from the scene of a road traffic collision earlier this evening, when two cars vehicles collided on a road in Cressing.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened at around 7:31pm this evening.

On arrival, firefighters reported that two cars were involved in a collision and there was one person trapped inside a car.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the casualty by 8:30pm, and he was taken to hospital shortly afterwards.

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