FIREFIGHTERS have cut a casualty free from a vehicle after a crash on York's outskirts.

The two-vehicle collision, involving a Hyundai and a Vauxhall, happened in Stockton Lane, Heworth, at about 5.45pm yesterday, said North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

Fire crews from York and Huntington used hydraulic cutting equipment to assist a woman from one of the vehicles.

Five casualties received treatment for minor injuries only and an air ambulance which attended the accident was not required to take anyone to hospital.

The accident closed Stockton Lane for about two hours until 7.45pm.