Firefighters were forced to use cutting equipment to free three people from a car after it crashed at a roundabout in Derry.
The incident happened shortly after 7pm on Thursday evening when a SAAB car carrying a couple and their daughter collided with the roundabout at the Skeoge Link Road, Galliagh.
All three occupants were taken to hospital after crews from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) used cutting equipment to free them from the vehicle.
The 55-year-old man driving the vehicle was arrested at the scene.
A spokesperson for the NIFRS told the Derry News that three fire appliances were called to the crash.
“The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) received a call at 7:23pm to a report of a road traffic collision at the Skeoge Link Road, Galliagh area of the city on Thursday evening (June 9),” a spokesperson said.
“Three fire appliances from Crescent Link Fire Station and one fire appliance from Northland Fire Station were deployed to the scene of a one vehicle road traffic collision.
“One female was removed from the car with minor injuries by Ambulance Service colleagues, with Firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment during the incident.
“One male and one female were removed from the vehicle using spinal boards by Firefighters. All three casualties were taken to hospital for their injuries.
“NIFRS crews finished at the scene at 8:02pm.”
Meanwhile, PSNI inspector Jonny Hunter appealed for any witnesses to the crash to contact the police.
“Police investigating a one vehicle road traffic collision on the Skeoge Road, Derry on Thursday, 9 June have arrested a 55 year old man.
“I would appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity of the Skeoge Road at around 7.25pm and may have witnessed this incident to contact Police at Strand Road on the non-emergency number 101.”
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Western Trust said that the couple’s daughter was discharged from Altnagelvin Hospital later that night after being admitted to the Accident and Emergency department.
The man was treated and discharged on Friday, the spokesperson added.
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