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Three rescued as cabs flips onto its side
Two female passengers helped clear before fire crews cut driver out.
A cab driver was cut out of his vehicle by rescue crews on Monday morning after it was flipped onto its side at a pedestrian crossing in Kempston.
Firefighters removed the roof of the stricken Toyota Avensis to allow ambulance service staff to free the man, who appeared to be trapped behind the steering wheel.
The driver, who was in a One Atlas Cars minicab, was eased out of the wreckage in the High Street at around 11.30am and taken on a stretcher into a waiting ambulance. He is not thought to have been seriously injured.
The crash happened at a crossing near the roundabout outside the Lidl supermarket at around 10.50am.
Senior collision investigator PC Roly Hockenhull said the private hire vehicle was approaching the crossing from the Wootton direction when, for reasons now being investigated, it swerved off the road.
The Toyota, which was carrying two female passengers, collided with a Belisha beacon and turned onto its side. No other vehicles were involved, PC Hockenhull added.
Lorraine Dixon, 45, a trained first aider, stopped at the scene of the smash.
She said: "I saw eight or nine men holding the car up because they were worried it would tip over. They managed to walk the two ladies out before the emergency services turned up.
"I just sat them down, took care of them and kept one of them calm."
The road was closed to traffic in both directions while the emergency services dealt with the incident. It was reopened at around 12.45pm.
Any witnesses who have not yet come forward should contact the Collision Investigation Unit on 01234 842411.
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