Two cut free from crash wreckage
10:38am Sunday 20th July 2008
FIREFIGHTERS freed two men trapped in a crashed car near Botley early today.
They had to cut off the roof of the Ford Focus which had smashed into a tree at the junction of Shamblehurst Lane North and Winchester Road at about 2am.
The two men, believed to be in their early 20s, were extricated from the vehicle on spinal boards and taken by ambulance to hospital.
The car had ended on its side in a ditch.
Watch manager Nigel Mottashed, of Botley fire station, said both were "lucky to be alive."
One appliance from Botley and one from Hightown attended the accident