Road Traffic Collision - Woman released

Firefighters freed a woman from a vehicle last night, after a car hit a deer on Halstead Road.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened in Braintree at around 11:48pm.

On arrival, firefighters reported that a woman was trapped after the car had left the road following a collision with a deer. The car was in a ditch, on its side.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the casualty and she was left in the care of the Ambulance Service by 12:33am.

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Firefighters from Braintree and Halstead 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 too.

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