FIREFIGHTERS were called to an early morning accident to release the driver from a lorry overturned in a field.

The accident happened on Houblons Hill in Epping at 7.20am this morning.

It was an hour before the man in his 50s could be safely released from the lorry on its side.

He was taken to hospital with chest injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

Conditions were thought to have been wet when the lorry left the road and entered the field.