An image released by Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has shown firefighters assisting at the scene of a four-car collision where one vehicle had flipped onto its side.

Crews from Ely and Cottenham were called to the road traffic collision on Ely Road in Stretham on Monday (August 7) and had to use specialist equipment to cut one person out of the vehicle.

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Ely Standard: Four casualties were out of their vehicles when crews arrived. Four casualties were out of their vehicles when crews arrived. (Image: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service)

Firefighters were able to release the casualty and left them in the care of ambulance crews, who, according to Cambridgeshire Police, "received serious injuries which were not life-threatening."