Road traffic collision: woman rescued
We were called to reports of a road traffic collision in Colchester Road, Halstead today at 10.24am.
Crews from Halstead and Wethersfield attended and found a car had collided with a lamppost and a woman was trapped.
Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to rescue her and left her in the care of the Ambulance Service at 11.45am.
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