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People living near to the scene of a car crash in Hawkinge on Saturday evening rushed to the rescue of a young man trapped by the vehicle.

The scene on Sunday morning in The Street Picture by Gazette reader Lou Bolechala

The car in which he was travelling ended up on its side in the front garden of a home in The Street (25 May) .

A local resident told the Gazette that a young man was trapped by the car and people at the scene struggled to lift the vehicle to free him.

The man, who was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.

People living on The Street have long campaigned to make the narrow thoroughfare safer for both motorists and pedestrians. Residents have also asked for speed restriction devices from Shepway District Council and Kent County Council to be installed along the road.

Local resident Lou Bolechala said: "Even this morning with the wreckage still in view, motorists were still speeding by, oblivious that speed could lead to oblivion."