A MAN was taken to hospital after his arm became trapped in machinery.

Fire crews from Harrogate, Knaresborough and Tadcaster were called to York Road in Flaxby, between York and Harrogate, at about 7.50pm on Wednesday.

The man was released from the machinery using spanners and a ratchet and was left in the care of paramedics.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said he was taken to a hospital in Leeds.