Woman trapped as car collides with house in Crewkerne

Yeovil and Crewkerne fire crews rescue woman trapped in car after it collided with a house. <i>(Image: Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service)</i>
Yeovil and Crewkerne fire crews rescue woman trapped in car after it collided with a house. (Image: Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service)
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FIRE crews from Yeovil and Crewkerne helped rescue a woman trapped in her vehicle after her vehicle collided with a house in Crewkerne.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Fire Control received calls reporting a road traffic collision where a vehicle had collided with a house in Crewkerne at around 3.43am on Sunday, May 18.

Following the call, fire control immediately sent multiple fire engines from Crewkerne and Yeovil Fire Stations to the scene.

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On arrival, crews confirmed one female casualty was still trapped within the vehicle and got to work stabilising the vehicle.

The crews stabilised the vehicle and extricated one female from the vehicle using road traffic collision tools and one hose reel jet.

The Avon and Somerset Police and South Western Ambulance Service have been contacted for further comment.

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