Fire crews called to cut man from his car following smash (From Your Local Guardian)

Quiet Wallington street wake to find car ploughed into a wall

10:36am Friday 22nd June 2012 in News By James Pepper

A man had to be cut from his car when his car crashed into a tree and wall in Wallington.

The driver was taken to hospital with rib injuries following the smash at the junction of Grosvenor Avenue, Grosvenor Road and Park Lane at about 8.20 this morning.

Luckily nobody else was injured when the orange Ford Escort smashed into the garden wall yards from a house.

The mangled car was towed away after the driver was cut out of his car by fire crews.

A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said: "We sent two fire engines to the scene, one containing specialist cutting equipment. Fifteen fire fighters attended, after reports of a male trapped in his car. with cutting equipment had to rescue the man from his car before he was taken to hospital."

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