A PENSIONER had to be freed by firefighters after a head on crash in Middlesbrough last night (Saturday, October 11).
Crews from Middlesbrough and Coulby Newham Fire Stations were called to the scene opposite the Highfield Hotel on Marton Road at 8.23pm to reports of a crash involving two cars.
On arrival the firefighters found a Hyundai car on its side with an 85-year-old woman trapped inside.
The driver, believed to be the injured woman’s son, managed to climb out of the back hatch of the car despite being injured himself. The crews cut the woman out of the car using hydraulic rescue equipment.
They were both taken to Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital by ambulance.
The driver and passenger of the other car, believed to be a Renault, escaped unharmed.
The road was closed until around 10.30pm.
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