car veered off a Somerset road and into a churchyard.

Fourteen firemen with hydraulic gear took up to an hour to cut the front seat passenger free.

He was stretchered on to an ambulance, suffering an injury to his left leg.

The driver of the white Mazda 323 received head and neck injuries. Both men were transferred from the intensive care unit to a general ward last night.

The accident occurred at 4.20 p.m. as the car was going round a series of bends in Malabar Road.

It left the road and ended up in a yard outside the Faith Tabernacle Church.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash, and anyone who can help should ring P.c. Donnelly.