Road traffic collision: woman rescued

Firefighters rescued a woman after a road traffic collision in Hatfield Broad Oak.

Crews from Leaden Roding and Harlow were called by Essex Police to Hammonds Road today at 10.21am.

A car was upside down in a ditch and a woman, who was conscious and breathing, was trapped.

Crews used specialist cutting equipment to rescue her by 11.28am and left her in the care of medics.

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Firefighters from Leaden Roding are on-call firefighters. If you live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be paid to protect your community as an on-call firefighter too. Find out more about the role at join.essex-fire.gov.uk/on-call