ESSEX, CT - Firefighters in Essex extricated a driver trapped in a two-car crash Monday, September 1st, that also prompted a medical helicopter response, officials said. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Crews arrived to find one occupant pinned in a vehicle and requested Life Star to transport the patient. With assistance from the Deep River Fire Department, a landing zone was set up at Essex Fire Headquarters. Further details on the patient’s condition were not immediately available.