Road traffic collision: car on its roof

Firefighters were called by police to assist at the scene of a road traffic collision on the M11 between Harlow and Stansted today at 2.48am.

Crews from Harlow, Loughton, Old Harlow and Stansted attended found a man trapped in a car which was on its roof. The car had left the northbound carriageway and was the other side of temporary concrete barriers.

They used specialist equipment to lift the car and release the man by 3.18am. He was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

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Crews from Old Harlow and Stansted who attended this incident are on-call firefighters. They live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be paid to protect your community.

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