TWO people were taken to hospital after separate rush hour car crashes, one of which caused tailbacks for drivers heading into the city.
A woman suffered head injuries in a three-vehicle collision on the A38, while a city man had to be cut from his car after smashing into a lamp post on Embankment Road.
His blue Ford Mondeo clipped a lorry on the inbound carriageway at around 7am, say police.
The vehicle then careered into the central reservation, where it hit a lamp post before coming to a rest near the Old Laira Road junction.
Emergency services were called and police alerted firefighters amid fears the man could have spinal injuries.
Two appliances from Greenbank, supported by a crew from Plymstock, were sent to the scene.
They used hydraulic rescue equipment to cut the vehicle’s roof off and free the man from his car.
He was placed on a spinal board as a “precaution”, the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said, before being taken to Derriford Hospital by land ambulance.
The man’s injuries are not believed to be serious, a Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said.
The crash closed a lane in each direction as emergency services worked at the scene.
There were also rush hour delays on the A38 Parkway after a separate accident involving three cars.
The police spokesman said a silver Ford Fiesta, red Daewoo and red Ford Focus had collided in the incident on the city-bound carriageway shortly before 7.40am.
The crash, by the Manadon off-slip, triggered heavy traffic back to Marsh Mills as emergency services closed one lane.
A woman complaining of head pains was taken to hospital by ambulance, where her injuries were not thought to be serious.
source: thisisplymouth.co.uk
