Man freed from car after Bishops Tawton collision
AN elderly man was freed from his car by fire fighters after a road traffic collision at Bishops Tawton on Sunday evening. Emergency services were called to the incident outside Bishops Tawton Service Station on the A377 just after 8.30pm. Two fire crews
AN elderly man was freed from his car by fire fighters after a road traffic collision at Bishops Tawton on Sunday evening.
Emergency services were called to the incident outside Bishops Tawton Service Station on the A377 just after 8.30pm.
Two fire crews from Barnstaple attended and used stabilising equipment plus small tools to release the man, who is from the Barnstaple area, from his Honda Jazz car.
The casualty was taken to North Devon District Hospital by South Western Ambulance Service but his injuries were not thought to be serious.
You may also want to watch:
The road was closed for around an hour.
Most Read
- 1 Volunteers come together to spruce up Barnstaple Train Station
- 2 More than 530 nights in a tent - Max Woosey wins Young Hero Award
- 3 New council led leisure company Active Torridge appoints director
- 4 New home grown manager for South Molton Swimming Pool
- 5 North Devon's Amy Riley takes her motorsports dream to next level
- 6 Council leader calls Government 'incompetent' and warns of 'winter of discontent'
- 7 Appeal launched to raise £100,000 for new play equipment in Bideford
- 8 Mission: Unbreakable back with a bang for 2021
- 9 North Devon taxi company appeals for help with driver shortage
- 10 Murder investigation launched in Bideford after woman found dead
