Firefighters rescue woman following road traffic collision

Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision in Mountbatten Drive, Colchester at 4:21pm.

On arrival, crews reported that a car had collided with a garage and a woman was trapped in her vehicle.

Our Urban Search and Rescue team was called to help make the structure of the garage safe so firefighters and our colleagues in the Ambulance Service could rescue the woman.

The casualty was rescued by 6:10pm and left in the care of the Ambulance Service.