RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was on Monday morning sent to the city to free a woman trapped in a car which was involved in a collision with a hedge in the Stoke Hill area.

RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was on Monday morning sent to the city to free a woman trapped in a car which was involved in a collision with a hedge in the Stoke Hill area.

Firefighters from Exmouth and Exeter used cutting equipment to free the woman, who was taken to hospital by ambulance.