Road traffic collision: man rescued

Firefighters rescued a man following a road traffic collision on the A120 near Marks Tey.

Crews were called today at 2.57pm and on arrival reported a man was trapped in his car.

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free him by 3.45pm and he was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

Crews also contained a diesel spill and stopped it entering a drain.

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Firefighters from Coggeshall Fire Station are on-call firefighters, who all 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 and be paid to protect your community.

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