Casualty rushed to Oxford hospital after crash

The crash, which took place at approximately 3.30pm on Thursday, saw one lorry come off the M4 eastbound at junction 15 before coming to a halt on the grass verge. Firefighters, police and ambulance workers were all called to the scene, after the driver appeared to be stuck inside[1] the crashed vehicle. "As you enter the M4 from the Great Western Hospital junction there is a lorry that has come off the road and down the verge," said one eyewitness, who does not want to be named.

"Fire crews trying to rescue the driver by the looks of things." A recovery operation brought traffic to a standstill (Image: National Highways) Two fire service crews were sent at 3.42pm, and the eastbound lane was later brought to a complete standstill just after 8pm as workers stopped traffic[2] to recover the lorry. Ambulance workers say the casualty was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

The crash took place less than a mile from Swindon's hospital (Image: Google Maps) A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 3.35pm on Thursday, March 13 to a road traffic collision near Swindon.

"We sent one double-crewed land ambulance and an operations officer to the scene.

"We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to John Radcliffe Hospital."

References

1. ^ stuck inside (www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk)
2. ^ traffic (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)