Driver pulled from burning wreckage of three-car crash

One car went up in flames following the crash

Two people dragged a driver out of a burning car after it collided with two other vehicles, minutes before it turned into a "ball of flames".

Two people were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injuries by dangerous driving following the three-car crash which left seven people in hospital.

Three people were airlifted to major trauma centres from the scene of the crash on the A541 near the Downing Arms Inn in Bodfari, Denbighshire, on Wednesday evening, while four others were taken by ambulance to hospitals in the area.

North Wales Police said their injuries ranged from life-threatening to life-changing.

The accident took place on the A541 at Bodfari

Tony Johnson, who lives nearby, was one of the first people on the scene, and said he helped pull one driver from a burning car which was engulfed by flames "within two minutes".

He said: "We were sat down to have dinner around 19:20 last night when we heard a tremendous bang. The kind of bang where you know something serious has happened.

"We came outside to the road, a couple of vehicles obviously had a big collision, one of them was on fire."

Tony Johnson said one of the cars was on fire and within minutes turned into a "ball of flames"

He said he and a neighbour approached the burning car and saw the driver was still inside.

"We made the decision to get him out, because there was obviously danger with the fire... within two minutes, the whole vehicle was in a ball of flames."

Mr Johnson said the location of the collision was on "a nasty blind bend" which was prone to accidents, but not "as bad as this one".

Scott Davidson said he returned home to a "horrendous" scene

Scott Davidson, on whose property the accident partly happened, was out when it happened but said the scene was "horrendous" when he returned.

"One car was on fire and the paramedics, ambulance, police - there must have been 20 or 30 people treating the guys in the accident," he said.

"The car on fire was in the main road on the opposite side, one of the cars has come through our fence onto our property."

Debris and small parts of vehicles were visible on the same side of the road following the three-car crash

The road was cleared and reopened on Thursday morning, but the aftermath of the collision could clearly be seen.

Debris and small parts of vehicles were visible on the same side of the road as the now-closed Downing Arms Inn.

The collision happened in a 40mph zone just before the road changes to 60mph as you leave the village.

A wooden fence of a nearby property was damaged as well as nearby trees and bushes.