TWO men were hospitalised after a crash in Padworth yesterday evening.

Firefighters rushed to the scene of the two-vehicle smash in Rectory Road at around 5.45pm.

Watch manager Phil Horwood from Whitley Wood station said the Whitley crew were joined by fire fighters from Hampshire.

He said: "One of the drivers had been released from the car before we got there but we had to release the other one who was suffering from a spinal injury as we had to make sure we didn't do any more damage, so we cut the roof in half to get him out.

"Both drivers were taken to hospital."

Crews were on the scene for an hour and a half.