FIREFIGHTERS cut a trapped pensioner free from the wreckage of a vehicle after a crash in North Yorkshire last night.

The 73-year-old man and two other occupants of the Vauxhall Astra were taken to hospital after the crash, which happened at 8pm on the A172 at Swainby, near Northallerton.

They were suffering from a combination of neck, spinal and seatbelt injuries - serious in the case of the 73-year-old.