Incident
Road traffic collision
Date
9.14pm - 07 April 2025
Last updated
12.27am - 08 April 2025
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small vehicle
Location
Ipplepen
Attending station
Torquay
Newton Abbot
Fire crews from Newton Abbot and Torquay attended a report of a road traffic collision with one male still inside the vehicle. This was just off the A381 Totnes Road and Dornafield Cross. On arrival crews confirmed the vehicle was on its side with one person still inside the vehicle and got to work formulating a plan to release.
Final details ... One private vehicle on its side on the public highway with one elderly male physically trapped. Crews used stabilisation equipment, small tools, one hose reel jet and a reciprocating saw to gain access to the casualty. Casualty released from the vehicle and handed over to the care of the Ambulance crew.