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Two cut free from car crash in Cranbrook Road, Goudhurst

11:00, 24 March 2016

updated: 11:49, 24 March 2016

Two people have been cut free from their vehicles following a crash in Goudhurst.

Emergency services were called to the scene, in Cranbrook Road, shortly before midnight.

A man, reportedly in his 30s, and a woman, said to be in her late 40s, were trapped in the two vehicles involved and both had to be cut free by fire crews.

Firefighters have been called to deal with the car fire.
Firefighters have been called to deal with the car fire.

Representatives from Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) got the call at 11.45pm and used hydraulic equipment to cut the two people free - and spent over an hour making the scene safe.

The casualties were then passed onto the care of South East Coast Ambulance Service, who sent a total of four ambulances to the scene.

Both were taken to The Tunbridge Wells Hospital, at Pembury, as priority patients.

The male patient was treated for back and abdomen pain, and the female for hand and chest injuries, they were both fully conscious.

Emergency services made the scene safe and had left by 1.30am today.

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