It needed a team effort from the Fire & Rescue Service, the Ambulance and Rescue Service and the police to remove the injured driver from the crashed car. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1036670)

A CAR which crashed through a wall left its driver pinned for nearly half an hour as rescue workers tried to cut him free.

A resident of Saltpans Road made the emergency call at 11.30am yesterday after a turquoise Hyundai Accent crashed on the sharp S-bend by his house.

When rescue services arrived on the scene a few minutes later they found the middle-aged driver conscious but trapped in the front of the vehicle, which had crumpled on impact. The fire crew had to remove the roof of the car and perform a dashboard roll, where the dashboard is lifted up and out, to gain access to the man.

The man was eventually lifted clear from the vehicle at 12.05pm on a spinal board with his neck immobilised and was taken to hospital. He had cuts to his face, a bruised chest and injuries to his right leg.

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