June 2009 - Man trapped in car after crash with lorry

Monday 29th June 20

A MAN was trapped for more than an hour in a vehicle after a crash between a car and a lorry.

Emergency crews were called to Belmont Village, Belmont Road, just before 1pm today.

Police cordoned off both sides of the road as firefighters battled to free the man from the Citroen car he was driving. The vehicle was in a collision with a lorry carrying cattle feed.

Paramedics and two BASICS doctors - Vic Calland & Andy Foulkes, who were also called to the scene, administered treatment while crews from Darwen and Bolton North fire stations cut him free.

It took firefighters an hour to free the man, thought to be 50-years-old. He was taken to hospital suffering from a fractured pelvis.

A spokeswoman for Lancashire Police said: “The driver was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital by Air Ambulance with pelvic injuries. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.”