(Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS) Manchester firefighters use hydraulic rescue tools to free a trapped driver following a 2-carhead-on crash on Front Street Sunday morning. The man, who wasn't identified, suffered serious injuries while the other driver suffered minor injuries.

MANCHESTER — An as yet unidentified man suffering from serious leg injuries was trapped in his car for some 45 minutes Sunday morning, the result of a head-on crash that occurred around 10 a.m. in the area of 1600 Front St. (Route 3A), about a half-mile south of the Hooksett town line and just down the road from Manchester Fire Station 4.

The man suffered what were described as serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. The other driver, also unidentified, declined medical treatment and remained at the scene.

Crews determined upon arrival that the man would have to be extricated from the wreckage of the vehicle, prompting command personnel to call in the department’s Rescue 1 truck.

Several firefighters set up the hydraulic rescue equipment, including cutting tools and spreading devices, and went to work to remove the driver’s side doors and other spots that needed to be opened up to reach the driver and remove him.

During the rescue operation, other firefighters and medical personnel communicated with the man and covered him with a large blanket to protect him from stray pieces of glass and metal.

(Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS) Manchester firefighters to go work with hydraulic rescue equipment to free the unidentified man who was driving the car at left when it collided head on with the vehicle at right Sunday morning on Front Street.

During the process, AMR personnel requested a trauma team activation, and once the man was freed he was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Front Street was closed for over an hour in both directions.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash.

–JEFFREY HASTINGS

(Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS) The wreckage of the two vehicles that collided head-on Sunday morning on Front Street sit in the middle of the road awaiting removal by tow trucks. The driver of the white car was trapped in the vehicle and had to be rescued by firefighters using hydraulic equipment.