RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was sent to Tiverton, near Sampford Peverell, on Friday afternoon where firefighters cut a man free from a van involved in a collision.

RESCUE equipment from Exmouth fire station was sent to Tiverton, near Sampford Peverell, on Friday afternoon where firefighters cut a man free from a van involved in a collision.

Two sets of cutting equipment were used by fire crews from Exmouth, Tiverton and Bampton.

The police and ambulance personnel were also in attendance.