Man released from car following collision with lorry

Firefighters freed a man from a vehicle this afternoon, after a lorry collided with a car on the M25, Eastbound, between J26 and J27.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened on the M25 at around 12:13pm today.

On arrival, firefighters reported that a lorry had crashed into the rear of a car and an elderly man was trapped.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the man and he was left in the care of the Ambulance Service by 1:37pm.

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Waltham Abbey Fire Station is recruiting on-call firefighters; people who live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station and attend incidents.

If you live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be an on-call firefighter too.

Find out more about the role at essex-fire.gov.uk/on-call