FIREFIGHTERS rescued a person from a vehicle following a crash in the West Wight this evening (Wednesday).

Police, paramedics, and fire crews from Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport, were all called to the scene on Wilmingham Lane in Freshwater earlier today.

Firefighters used cutting equipment and stabilising gear to rescue one person from a vehicle.

A spokesperson for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service said it was a single-vehicle collision and one casualty was left with paramedics.