Fire crews called to car crash

9:00am Saturday 23rd August 2008

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A CAR lost control turning a corner and hit a tree head on in the early hours this morning.

The accident happened off Lane End Road, at the junction with Horns Lane, High Wycombe.

Two crews from High Wycombe fire station attended at around 3.30am.

Two men escaped the crash uninjured and one woman had to be released by the crews.

Crew manager Luke Brown: "A single car had left the roadway and hit a tree. The car lost control going around a corner and hit a tree with a front impact.

"There were three people in the car, two males got out of their own accord and we had to release a female adult sitting in the back of the car. We had to assist the ambulance service get her out.

"We used hydraulic rescue equipment to free the female adult, it was just precautionary because she was complaining of a back injury."

The last crew returned about 4.51am.

One of the men had head injuries and was taken to Wycombe hospital.