Driver rescued after lorry crashes on A1

Firefighters had to use cutting gear to rescue a man from a lorry after a crash on the A1.

The lorry hit a central reservation on the southbound carriageway at Ranby at 11.29pm on Friday (January 21).

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Fire engine.

Firefighters from Worksop, Retford and a special rescue unit from Newark attended the incident.

Powr saws a long board and a scaffold tower was used in the operation to free the driver,

The incident was closed at 1.08 am.

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