Driver taken to hospital and tree removed after late-night crash

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Oct 2018, 16:50 BST
Updated 3rd Oct 2018, 17:54 BST
The scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ SimmonsThe scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ Simmons
The scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ Simmons
A YOUNG male driver crashed his car into a tree in the early hours of the morning.

Cosham Fire Station were called to the scene on Southampton Road, near Cosham in Portsmouth, at about 2am.

Crews worked for about half-an-hour to free a young male, in his early 20s, from a brand-new Vauxhall.

Crew manager Munday said: '˜We cut the side of the car out.

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The scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ SimmonsThe scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ Simmons
The scene on Southampton Road in the early hours of the morning. Picture: MJ Simmons

'˜I think the driver had been travelling towards Cosham and lost control of the car and hit a tree.

'˜There were no other cars involved.

'˜The car was completely damaged and the driver had some injuries.'

The affected tree has since been removed from the roadside.

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