Firefighters attend the scene

A man had to be cut free from a vehicle following a collision in Honiton.

Fireighters and police were called to the incident at around 11.10am today (Wednesday), which involved two cars and occurred on the Old Chard Road.

Fire crews used hydralic cutting equipment to free the man who was trapped in the back of one of the vehicles.

A police spokesman told the Midweek Herald that the male’s injuries were “not life changing”.

The collision involved a Renault Clio and a grey Peugeot.

Officers had to close the road for about two hours.