A MAN had to be cut free from a vehicle after a crash on the A590 in Cumbria.

At 6.50am this morning, emergency services were called to a crash on the A590 at Witherslack near Grange involving a van and a heavy goods vehicle. 

Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove a man from one of the vehicles. 

Traffic was affected on the A590 for around three hours while the road was cleared.