Woman in Royal Stoke as car overturns in A500 rush-hour smash
A woman has been taken to hospital after an A500[1] smash left a car on its roof – and triggered huge rush-hour queues. Police, paramedics and firefighters[2] were called to the northbound carriageway near the Tunstall[3] turn-off.
The collision – which occurred at around 5.50pm yesterday evening – left the road gridlocked with spiralling queues. StokeonTrentLive reported last night[4] how Staffordshire Police[5] had confirmed four vehicles were involved.
Motorists on the A500 reported seeing ‘two fire engines, ambulances and loads of police cars’. Images from the scene showed traffic at a standstill and positioned away from the central white line to give space for emergency services to get through. Further photographs showed one car on its roof.
An overturned car on the A500 D this evening
West Midlands Ambulance Service[6] had received an initial report of a crash involving two cars. Paramedics treated a man, one of the drivers, at the scene while a woman, who was a passenger in one of the cars, was taken to hospital.
An ambulance service spokesman said: “One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene. On arrival we discovered two patients. A woman, who was a passenger in one of the cars, was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital. A man, who was the driver of one of the cars, was treated for minor injuries and discharged at the scene.”
StokeonTrentLive has approached Staffordshire Police for a statement regarding the collision. Any witnesses should call police on 101.
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References
- ^ A500 (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ firefighters (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Tunstall (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ StokeonTrentLive reported last night (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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