Man rescued from crane following motorway crash

    An injured man had to be rescued from a crane following a collision on the M62 in West Yorkshire.

    Emergency services were called to the M1 sliproad of the eastbound carriageway of the M62 at around 3.15am this morning (19 June), where there had been a crash involving a car and a crane. 

    A man, thought to be in his 50s, was trapped in the cab of the crane. 

    He was complaining of neck pain and pain down his right-hand side. 

    Firefighters freed the man and he was then taken to hospital. 

    It is not thought the other driver was injured.

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