A TEN-year-old girl had to be cut from a car after a two-vehicle collision on Malpas Road, Newport, this evening.

Three ambulances, along with fire crews from Cwmbran and Malpas, were called after the collision between a private car and a commercial van at 5.38pm.

The girl had to be rescued from the car using hydraulic cutting equipment and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

She was not seriously hurt.