Car driver trapped in ditch after Exmoor crash

A WOMAN was freed from an overturned car on an Exmoor road last night, Thursday, January 31, and taken to Musgrove Park Hospital, in Taunton.
She became trapped shortly after 7 pm when the car she was driving near Luxborough left the road and hit a tree before coming to rest on its side in a ditch.
No other vehicle was involved in the accident.
Fire and rescue crews from Williton and Minehead attended the scene, together with a rescue tender from Taunton.
They stabilised the vehicle to help with the release of the woman motorist after more than half-an-hour, and she was then taken to hospital by ambulance.
The extent of her injuries was not known.