TWO people had to be cut out of a car which overturned near Althorne yesterday.

Ambulance and police services responded to calls that a car had overturned on Lower Burnham Road, Althorne on Wednesday afternoon.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We were called to this collision at 3.26pm yesterday to a report of a car that had overturned.

"A rapid response vehicle, ambulance crew, ambulance officer, Hazardous Area Response Team and air ambulance from Essex and Herts Air Ambulance were dispatched to a report of two patients.

"A passenger was trapped and was treated at the scene and airlifted to St George’s Hospital for further care. Their condition is not believed to be life-threatening.

"A second patient was taken by land ambulance to Broomfield Hospital. Their condition is also not believed to be life-threatening."

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Police were called shortly after 3.30pm on Wednesday June 21 with reports a Ford Fiesta had left the road and overturned in Lower Burnham Road, Althorne.

"Two people were trapped inside. Emergency services remained at the scene until it was made safe."