A PREGNANT woman had to be cut free from a car in which she was a passenger following an accident on Wednesday evening. A Fiat Punto and a Mercedes collided at around 7pm at the bottom of Holywell Hill, St Albans, near to the Westminster Lodge entrance.

A PREGNANT woman had to be cut free from a car in which she was a passenger following an accident on Wednesday evening.

A Fiat Punto and a Mercedes collided at around 7pm at the bottom of Holywell Hill, St Albans, near to the Westminster Lodge entrance.

The passenger in the Fiat Punto had to be cut free from the vehicle by firefighters and was taken to hospital. The two drivers were given first aid at the scene.

The driver of the Fiat Punto was arrested following the accident.