While volunteers were at the Croydon Fire Company station along State Road in Bristol Township performing regular duties Tuesday evening, a car slammed into a parked pickup truck outside the station.
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Members ran to the doors of the station and spotted the aftermath of the crash, the fire company said in statement.
Firefighters from the station aided the driver, who was trapped in the Nissan sedan, while the deputy chief radioed the crash into county dispatchers around 8:10 p.m., officials said.
Firefighters grabbed gear and began working to free the trapped driver. The Union Fire Company and Cornwells Fire Company from Bensalem Township responded and assisted Croydon Fire Company members, the statement said.
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The driver was extricated by firefighters using tools and handed over to the Bucks County Rescue Squad for transportation to the hospital, authorities said.
Croydon Fire Company fire police directed drivers around the scene.
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