FIREFIGHTERS are cutting a motorist free from the wreckage of a car after it crashed into a taxi in North Oxford.

The fire service was called to the junction of Banbury Road and North Parade at 11.49am.

Banbury Road is still closed and diversions are in place around Bevington Road.

The ambulance service was also called to the scene and treated three people for minor injuries.

Initial reports from the fire service claimed the car had crashed into a building, but this is not the case.