FIREFIGHTERS freed a man trapped in a car after a crash with a van.

Emergency services were called to the A259 South Street, Eastbourne, at 10.44am this morning after a collision between a Jaguar car and Ford Transit van. 

A man in the Jaguar, believed to be a passenger, was mechanically trapped and had to be freed by firefighters. 

He was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm. 

A man and woman, from the van and car respectively, were able to get out unaided. 

South Street was closed to traffic while the incident was dealt with.