FIREFIGHTERS have rescued an 18 year old man trapped in a car which had crashed into a shop front in Harrogate.

The fire service was called at around 7am this morning by paramedics who needed help to free the man from the car on Starbeck High Street.

Two fire engines were sent and crews had to cut the roof off the Ford Fiesta to get the man out.

He was taken to hospital with leg and thorax injuries which were not thought to be life-threatening, a fire service spokesman said.