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Ottawa Fire Services says a driver has been safely extricated from a vehicle that landed in a ditch following a three-vehicle collision in the city’s south Friday afternoon.

Firefighters say they received a call around 2:50 p.m. from Ottawa police reporting a collision that resulted in the rollover and landing of a vehicle in a ditch at the intersection of Albion and Lester roads. 

When crews arrived on the scene, four minutes into the initial call, they found that it was a three-vehicle collision. Firefighters confirmed a driver was trapped in a vehicle that had landed on its driver side.

That was when they stabilized the vehicle and started extricating the driver.

The driver was extricated after firefighters removed the windshield and a section of the roof of the vehicle.

Just before 3:15 p.m., the driver was safely extricated. Firefighters placed the driver on a backboard and slid them up …

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