RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was on Tuesday afternoon taken to Tiverton after a man was reported to be trapped beneath a dumper truck.

RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was on Tuesday taken to Tiverton after a man was reported to be trapped beneath a dumper truck.

When firefighters from Exmouth and Tiverton arrived at Blundells Road they found the man had already been freed.

The casualty was left with paramedics, who were also on scene.