Woman hospitalised after car is engulfed in flames on M4
A woman has been taken to hospital following a collision on the M4 which saw a car flip over and burst into flames[1]. The crash involved two vehicles on the motorway near junction 17, near Leigh Delamere on the Somerset-Wiltshire border.
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to the M4 at around 10pm on Sunday, August 20[2]. The motorway was closed eastbound between J18 for Bath and J17 for Chippenham by around 10.30pm. Traffic westbound was held, according to National Highways.
One woman was taken to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. According to Highways, the air ambulance left the scene shortly before 11.30pm.
The motorway reopened just after 12am in the early hours of Monday morning (August 21). Highways said: “The vehicles involved in the earlier collision on the #M4[4] eastbound between J18 (#Bath[5]) – J17 (#Chippenham[6]) have now been cleared to the hard shoulder. All emergency have resumed and the road has been reopened.”
Photos taken show queuing traffic on the motorway westbound as traffic is held, with a burning vehicle on the eastbound carriage. Wiltshire Police said: “Shortly after 10pm last night, emergency services attended a two vehicle collision on the eastbound carriageway of the M4 near Leigh Delamere services.
The M4 near Chippenham was closed after a car overturned and burst into a fireball late last night (August 20) (Image: Daniel Jae Webb / SWNS)
“A full closure of the M4 was put in place between junctions 17 and 18 and a woman was taken to GWH. The road reopened at 12.45am.”
References
- ^ collision on the M4 which saw a car flip over and burst into flames (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
- ^ were called to the M4 at around 10pm on Sunday, August 20 (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
- ^ Man charged after three-hour police stand-off in Yeovil (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
- ^ #M4 (twitter.com)
- ^ #Bath (twitter.com)
- ^ #Chippenham (twitter.com)