Firefighters had to cut a woman free from her car following a crash.

Aftermath - the scene of the crash in Westway, Colchester, in which a woman driver had to be cut free. Picture: STEVE BRADING 40738-a

The accident happened at about 1.40pm yesterday in Westway, Colchester.

A silver Peugeot car left the road and flew through the air to the other side of the central reservation, where it was in collision with the 45-year-old Colchester woman's Vauxhall Astra.

The car sustained serious front end damage and firefighters took half-an-hour to cut the woman free.

The Peugeot driver, a 19-year-old from Colchester, was ejected from his vehicle in the crash and escaped with cuts to his lip, knees and one leg.

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Published Thursday, January 27, 2005

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