AIRBAGS were used to free a 77-year-old man who was trapped under a tractor near Church Stretton.

Emergency services were alerted after a report that a man had become trapped under the machine at Leebotwood.

The call came at just after 7pm on Sunday and three appliances from Church Stretton and Wellington, including a rescue tender, were involved.

After the man was released he was treated by an ambulance crew.