A major thoroughfare in the capital city saw significant delays this afternoon following two collisions in a relatively close stretch in a short period of time.

Crews were called to Freshwater Road near the Royal Bank location shortly after noon. It appears a vehicle was struck by another, while pulling out of a parking lot in the area.

There were no serious injuries to report in that collision.

Then, at around 1:15 p.m., first responders were called to another collision on the corner of Freshwater Road and Oxen Pond Road.

Two vehicles collided near the corner, trapping the driver of a van inside the vehicle. The jaws of life were broken out to help free the driver, who then received treatment from paramedics.

Using the jaws of life to get the driver out of this van.

Incident Commander says it looks like no major injuries. Driver walks to ambulance to get check under his own power, shaken but steady. #nltraffic pic.twitter.com/vOFpH4DLGf

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Traffic was diverted through the Traders parking lot for some time.

According to officials, there were also no significant injuries.