Woman cut from car after St. Peter crash

Wednesday 26 June 2019

A driver in her 60s had to be cut from her car after crashing into a Land Rover in St. Peter this morning.

Emergency Services were called to the collision at La Croux au Lion junction, near M&S, in St. Peter around 08:20 involving a green Land Rover Defender driven by a 40-year-old man and a silver Honda Jazz.

Pictured: Emergency Services Personnel at the scene. 

The latter vehicle was severely damaged in the accident, with its windscreen smashed and body crumpled, leading the Fire Service to have to cut its roof to release its driver.

Pictures released by the Fire Service showed that the airbag had been triggered by the impact.

Pictured: The roof of the Honda Jazz had to be cut off to release its driver.

Despite the dramatic rescue, which involved hydraulic tools, Police told Express the woman isn't believed to have sustained any life-threatening or life-changing injures. She did, however, need to go to A&E.

The road was closed to northbound traffic at 08:35.

Please avoid La Croux au Lion road junction, St Peter, which is currently closed to north bound traffic following a collision. One casualty was extricated by Fire and Ambulance crews, using hydraulic rescue tools. pic.twitter.com/Ceij2gi81q

— Jersey Fire & Rescue (@JsyFire) June 26, 2019

Around two hours later, it was reopened at 10:44.

Pictured top: Jersey Fire and Rescuehad to use hydraulic tools to free the woman from the wreckage. (JFRS)