An elderly woman had to be cut free from her car after it collided with a lorry at a roundabout in Frome yesterday (August 7).

Just after 5.30pm, two fire engines from Frome was mobilised to reports of a crash at the roundabout where Christchurch Street East meets Portway, Garsdale and Vicarage Street, involving a car and a lorry with one elderly female still inside the vehicle.

On arrival crews got to work freeing the casualty by removing the side and roof of vehicle using hydraulic and battery-powered cutting gear.

Crews liaised with police and paramedics on scene and made the vehicle safe. The woman was left in the hands of the paramedics.