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A motorist who offered a crash victim shelter in his car watched in horror as firemen sliced it open to get him out.

Sean Carter, 42, was driving home when he saw a Citroen Saxo spin out of control, roll over and hit a hedge.

He dialled 999 and told the driver to sit in his 10-month old Ford Focus.

But when medics arrived they decided the victim should only be moved out horizontally on a spinal board via the car roof.

Sean from Nottingham said: "Sometimes a good deed isn't worth it."