Driver rescued from mangled car after veering off the road in Dnipropetrovsk region. Firefighters had to cut him free. (PHOTOS)

In Kryvyi Rih, on Burouholny Street in the Ternivskyi district, an accident occurred - a car veered off into a ditch, reports "Vidomo" citing the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

At the scene of the accident, it was determined that the driver of the Volkswagen passenger car likely lost control. As a result of the crash, the driver sustained injuries and was trapped inside the mangled vehicle.

Emergency Service personnel used rescue equipment to extricate the injured man, born in 1986, and handed him over to medical workers. He has been hospitalized.

Additionally, prior to the arrival of emergency responders, medics hospitalized two injured passengers.

A total of 8 rescuers and 2 pieces of equipment were dispatched to the scene. National police officers are conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.