YOUNGSTOWN – Firefighters used mechanical tools to extricate a city woman from her 2005 GMC Yukon following a crash early this morning on the city’s East Side.

The crash occurred at 12:57 a.m. on Himrod Avenue at Wilson Avenue. The woman’s leg was pinned under the car’s dashboard from the crash, which badly damaged the front of the vehicle.

While some firefighters worked to free the woman with tools such as spreader and cutter, another firefighter held her from falling out of the vehicle because the driver’s door was damaged and pulled off in the crash.

Eventually firefighters were able to raise the dashboard and remove the woman.

Ambulance personnel transported her to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment of injuries. A firefighter assisted ambulance personnel with the transport.

The other vehicle, a 2013 Dodge Charger, was found off the road by a fence. The driver, a city man, had gotten himself out of that vehicle on his own.