Two people cut out of car after four car crash on the A358 Peasmarsh near Ilminster

Emergency services rushed the A358 near Peasmarsh shortly before 8pm last night after four cars collided.

Two people were trapped within two of the cars, and three crews from Chard, Taunton and Ilminster attended the incident.

Firefighters cut the two people out of the car using hyrdraulic cutting equipment, two safety jets and an environmental pack.

The two casualties were then passed into the care of the ambulance service.

It is not yet known how seriously the two were injured, and it is not yet known if anybody else was injured in the smash.

A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service said: "We were called to the incident at 7.48pm yesterday evening, to a four vehicle road traffic collision on the Horton to Chard road.

"There were two people trapped in the car, who had to be cut out by firefighters.

"They were conscious and breathing when they were taken out of the car.

"It doesn't appear that anybody was taken to hospital."

It was the latest in a long line of incidents on the roads in the area yesterday, causing lengthy delays for motorists.

There were reports of up to six crashes on the A3066 and the A356, with one woman in her 60s rushed to hospital with serious but not life-threatening head and neck injuries.

Five others were also treated at the roadside by paramedics