Firefighters use line rescue to save driver from embankment

Fire engines from Hook Norton and Chipping Norton along with the specialist rescue tender from Kidlington were sent to the B4022 at Great Tew on Wednesday 30 May just after 5pm.

Incident Commander Watch Manager Ivor Matthews from Hook Norton Fire Station said: "On arrival our colleagues from South Central Ambulance Service and Thames Valley Police were already in attendance. All three emergency services worked together to release the casualty from the vehicle, with the Fire Service using hydraulic cutting equipment.

"At the same time the specialist rescue team set up a line rescue system and used a basket stretcher to transport the casualty from the vehicle to the ambulance, as the vehicle was approximately 10 metres down an embankment."

Thankfully the driver was wearing a seatbelt. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to remind all drivers to take extra care on the roads and always wear a seatbelt.

The cause of the accident is currently being investigated by Thames Valley Police.