Casualty cut free from barbed wire after crash at Addlethorpe
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Firefighters from Skegness needed to use bolt croppers to cut barbed wire to free a casualty from a crashed vehicle.
The collision was reported at about 7.31am this morning (Thursday) on Hides Lane, Addlethorpe.
A fire service spokesman explained that the car had skidded on ice and landed in a ditch where there was an amount of barbed wire preventing the woman driver from escaping.
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Hide AdThe spokesman said: “Crews used bolt croppers to cut barb wire to allow the casualty to get out of the car.”
An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman added: “We were notified by Lincolnshire Fire, however, after arriving on scene the patient required no treatment.”