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 PICTURES: Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit The Burton at Bideford
- 2 Jewellery and cash stolen in Barnstaple burglary
- 3 Northam Murder: Accused carer told police he 'loved her to bits'
- 4 Rosemoor transforms into Wonderland for the summer holidays
- 5 Britain’s most influential artists exhibit at The Burton at Bideford
- 6 Bideford man dies after Link Road crash near South Molton
- 7 PICTURES: Duchess of Cornwall visits Little Bridge House in Fremington
- 8 £100K funding to Torridge towns to support recovery post Covid-19
- 9 Braunton Caen Rotary welcomes their youngest ever club president
- 10 Northam widow was found half under her bed by carer
