Road traffic collision: man rescued

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

Crews from Clacton, Colchester and Weeley were called today at 11.31am. On arrival, they found a car and a van were involved in the collision and a man was trapped in the car.

Crews used specialist cutting and lifting equipment to release the man and left him in the care of the Ambulance Service by 12.51pm.

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Firefighters from Weeley are on-call, they all live or work within 5 minutes of Weeley Fire Station and attend incidents.

If you live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could help to protect your community too.

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