FIRE crews and paramedics were called to free a man in a crash in Birkby.

The man was at the wheel of a Nissan Almera which was in collision with a Nissan Navara in Halifax Old Road yesterday morning.

The crash blocked the road for about 30 minutes after it happened at 8.30am.

Fire crews from Huddersfield and Elland were called to rescue the man. Paramedics treated him in the car as the firefighters cut off the door, which had been badly buckled in the crash.

The man was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary but was not badly hurt.