Road traffic collision: three casualties

Firefighters were called to assist at the scene of a road traffic collision involving two vehicles in Wickford.

Crews from Wickford and Basildon attended the incident in London Road today at 2.27pm.

Working with paramedics, they helped three people out of the vehicles by 3.01pm, including using specialist cutting equipment to free one casualty. They were left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

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