Burnaby firefighters used the Jaws of Life twice over the weekend to rescue people involved in two separate crashes.
Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle collision at Kingsway and 14th Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday.
At the scene, they found a flipped crossover vehicle with a woman trapped inside.
Firefighters cut away the passenger side door to free the woman, who was taken to hospital.
Kingsway was closed for several hours as police investigated the crash.
On Saturday at about 7 p.m., crews responded to a three-vehicle crash in the 5600 block of Deer Lake Parkway.
This time firefighters cut open a Chevy Equinox to rescue a man and a woman trapped inside.
They were taken to hospital but have since been released.
A man driving a vehicle that struck two other vehicles during that crash was arrested at the scene after refusing to provide a blood or breath sample, according to Burnaby RCMP.
The man was issued a 90-day driving prohibition.
