A passenger was cut out of a car by the Fire Service after a crash on Tuesday.

Around 3.50 a.m., Police attended the scene on St. John's Road in Pembroke near the junction with Cox's Hill.

It appeared that a car was travelling north on St. John's Road when the driver, an 18-year-old Pembroke man, lost control and collided with a utility pole.

The fire service personnel also attended the scene and had to cut the front seat passenger, a 17-year-old Pembroke man, out of the vehicle.

The driver was not injured, however the front seat passenger sustained a broken left arm. He was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance for treatment.

The car was extensively damaged and the utility pole was broken in half. Belco personnel attended the scene to fix the damaged pole.

The driver of the car was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and detained at Hamilton Police Station.