Man trapped in car after plunging down embankment in Aberdeenshire

A man had a lucky escape in the early hours of this morning after his car plunged down an embankment in Aberdeenshire.

Emergency services were called to the scene around 4.25am and found the man trapped in his Peugeot 308 car off South Deeside Road.

However, he managed to free himself and ambulance staff found him to only have cuts and bruises following the accident.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “We were notified by a member of the public of a one-vehicle crash on South Deeside Road just outside Durris.

“The vehicle was found down an embankment”