A WOMAN had to be cut free from a car after a two vehicle smash.

The crash ocurred just before 6.45pm on Clinghoe Hill in Colchester, close to the turn-off for the University of Essex.

Two fire crews from Colchester and another from Wivenhoe helped free the woman from the car using specialist cutting equipment.

She was released just after 8pm and left in the care of the ambulance service.