EMERGENCY services were called after a woman was left trapped following a crash at a petrol station.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the accident at Sainsbury’s petrol station in Tollgate West, Stanway, just before 4.40pm.

The crash on the forecourt involved two vehicles and left a petrol pump damaged.

Firefighters isolated the fuel supply and used specialist cutting equipment to free the casualty by 5.15pm.

The woman and a man were placed in the care of paramedics.