FIRE crews had to cut a person out of their car following a two-car collision on the A386 Plymouth Road at Grenofen last Friday.

Crews from Tavistock as well as the heavy rescue vehicle from Middlemoor attended the incident just after 2pm and found two vehicles had been involved in a collision and one person still in one of the cars.

Crews released the casualty from the vehicle, using hydraulic cutting equipment, and handed over to ambulance personnel.

The crash follows another in the same area, involving a lorry and four cars the Wednesday before at around 6pm.

Police are appealing for information following the collision which left three people injured. A silver Ford Focus travelling towards Tavistock was in collision with a Nissan Almera and a DAF HGV travelling in the opposite direction.

As a result, a fourth vehicle, a black BMW also heading to Tavistock, was in collision with the Nissan Almera.

The occupants of the Focus, an 80-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from Bere Alston, had to be cut free from the vehicle by fire crews. They were taken to Derriford Hospital with injuries not thought to be serious.

The female driver of the Almera, a 28-year-old woman from Milton Abbot, sustained serious back injuries and internal bruising and was also taken to Derriford Hospital.

The 59-year-old Plymouth man driving the HGV, and the 38-year-old man driving the BMW, were uninjured.

The road was closed for seven hours for the trapped casualties to be freed and for police officers to investigate the scene.

Police are now appealing for witness to the collision and anyone with information is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Crownhill police station by phoning 101, quoting log 595 of 27/02/2013.