Young driver cut from wreckage in busy Coffs Harbour street
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EMERGENCY services descended upon busy Lakes Drive this morning in response to a single-car smash.
The car had travelled approximately 200 metres along the road, in a southerly direction, before colliding with a tree.
A neighbour watering his garden and a morning walker called triple 000 at around 9.30am.
The driver may have passed out at the wheel as witnesses say he was semiconscious when they went to assist him.
NSW Police, State Emergency Service (SES) and NSW Ambulance all attended the scene.
The 26-year-old driver was trapped for some time before the SES were able to cut the back door and central pillar to free him.
The Advocate understands the driver did not suffer any fractures but was taken to hospital suffering back, hip, neck and shoulder pain.
Paramedics used spinal precautions while transferring him for further treatment.
More details to come
