Pensioner flown to hospital after being trapped in Porsche following crash

A 76-year-old man was cut out of a car following a crash in the Liberty area of Fife on Wednesday afternoon.

Pensioner flown to hospital after being trapped in car following crash in Elie, FifeEmail

A pensioner was flown to hospital after being trapped in a car following a crash in Fife.

Emergency services were called to the Liberty area of Ellie after receiving reports of a one-car crash at around 2pm on Wednesday.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were forced to use specialist cutting equipment to remove a 76-year-old man who had became trapped in the Porsche.

He was flown by air ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

His current condition is unknown.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2pm on Wednesday, March 15, we were called to a report of a one-car crash in the Liberty area of Elie, Fife.

“Emergency services attended and a 76-year-old man was taken to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, by air ambulance for treatment.”

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 1.59pm on Wednesday, March 15, to reports of a road traffic collision in Elie, Fife.

“Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene, where firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to remove one casualty who had become trapped in his vehicle.

“The casualty was thereafter passed into the care of paramedics and taken to Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital. Crews left the scene after working to make the area safe.”

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