A MAN had to be cut from his car after a road traffic smash this morning.

Crews from Harold Hill fire station used specialist cutting equipment to free the man from his Renault car after the collision on Tuesday January 25 at around 8am at the Gallows Corner roundabout.

London Ambulance crews arrived where the man was taken to Queen’s Hospital in Rom Valley Way, Romford with non life threatening injuries.

Police attended the scene of the accident and the London bound A127 was closed from Bellgrave Avenue, with all the traffic being diverted to the main road.