FIREFIGHTERS worked for an hour tonight to cut three people free from the wreckage of a car following an accident.

The incident was reported to the fire service at just after 8.45pm and firefighters used hydraulic equipment to release the three people.

The accident took place in Drayton Road, Norwich, and the final person was cut free by 9.45pm. Crews from Earlham, Sprowston and Norwich fire stations attended the scene.