A CAR burst into flames after a crash at Clifton.
A couple had to be cut free from the other car involved in the head-on smash.
The accident, involving a Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 306, was on Wakefield Road near Junction 25 of the M62 at Brighouse at 1pm on Monday.
A spokesman for Brighouse fire station said: "The Astra burst into flames on impact, but the driver managed to scramble clear.
"The middle-aged couple in the Peugeot were both injured and we worked alongside the paramedics.
"The woman was gently lifted out, but we did not want to move the man at all for fear he had spinal injuries."
Firefighters cut the roof off, let the seats down and then placed him on a spineboard stretcher.
The couple were both traumatised and taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for treatment.
The fire in the Astra was confined to the inside of the car.
* A 23-year-old Rastrick woman badly hurt in a road accident remains seriously ill in hospital.
Victoria Waddington is critical but stable at Leeds General Infirmary.
She was driving a VW Golf which collided with a wall in the Savile Park area of Halifax on Saturday, January 10.
* A driver remains critically ill in hospital after a road tragedy at Salterhebble.
The 25-year-old from Halifax was badly hurt when he was trapped in the wreckage of a Honda Accord.
A 21-year-old man died when he was flung out of the car.
Another driver, a 29-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the tragedy. The collision was just before midnight last Thursday on Huddersfield Road, Salterhebble, close to Calderdale Royal Hospital.
Two 17-year-old girls were also hurt in the accident, but both have now been allowed home from hospital.
