TWO women had to be cut out of the car they were in and taken to hospital after it crashed into the front of a petrol station on the southbound A12.
The collision happened at around 12.50pm this afternoon (July 29) at the BP garage close to Kelvedon.
Two fire crews from Witham, an ambulance and a paramedic car rushed to the scene to free the women from the twisted wreckage of their blue Ford Fiesta.
They were successfully cut from the vehicle by 1.46pm and taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
PC Jason Howard was on the scene inspecting the damage after the casualties were freed from the crumpled motor.
He told the Chronicle: "It was a single vehicle collision, the two ladies in the car were removed from the wreckage and taken to Broomfield Hospital by ambulance with what is thought to be slight injuries.
"The cause of the accident is not yet known and we are investigating the circumstances around what happened."
Police closed the forecourt while the emergency services tended to the injured driver and passenger, who sustained minor injuries.
Two employees were working in the store at the time of the accident.
Customer service worker Manoj Kumar arrived for his afternoon shift at the petrol station at 2pm when he discovered the damage.
"It only just arrived for work and saw this, I can't believe it. But the important thing is that the people in the car are alright," said the 32-year-old.
Starbucks employees working in the next door coffee shop said they only realised the emergency services were speeding to the BP garage when they ran outside to see what was happening.
Police ask that anyone who saw what happened should contact PC Howard at Stanway Roads Policing Unit on 101.
