A car driver has been arrested after a woman pedestrian was killed in a road crash in Co Longford.
Reported by Belfast Telegraph 3 hours ago.
A car driver has been arrested after a woman pedestrian was killed in a road crash in Co Longford.
Reported by Belfast Telegraph 3 hours ago.
A skydive instructor who risked losing a limb following a crash landing in Fiji is planning to return home. Ben Cornick, who was born in Neath and raised in Pentrechwyth, was doing a sky dive over the South Pacific island in mid January, when he lost control of his steering toggle, and collided with a parked van at 40mph. His injuries were so serious doctors told him he was at risk of losing his leg from infection, unless he could get to hospital in New Zealand. Family and friends rallied...
Reported by South Wales Evening Post 11 minutes ago.
SECTIONS of the link road have been shut following a serious car crash this afternoon. The A39 has been closed in both directions from Roundswell Roundabout and Heywoods Road roundabout in Bideford. Devon Air Ambulance, police and land ambulance are currently at the scene. Police were called to the crash, which involved two cars, just after 1.30pm. Traffic is heavy in the area, expect delays. Check back for more information as we have it.
Reported by North Devon Journal 17 minutes ago.
A 67-year-old woman has died and two men were seriously injured following a car crash on a Devon road yesterday. The A39 North Devon link road was closed at lunch time and was shut in both directions from Roundswell Roundabout and Heywoods Road roundabout in Bideford for several hours. Force incident manager Inspector Pete Turner, said one person died and two others were taken to hospital after the two-car crash. The collision involved a red Ford Ka and a red Volkswagen Scirocco. One man was...
Reported by Torquay Herald Express 6 hours ago.
It's Sunday, which means it will soon be Monday. Here are three programmes from tonight's TV selection to keep your mind off the early alarm waking you up tomorrow morning.If you haven't had enough of watching people slide around on frozen water with the coverage of Sochi's Winter Olympics, you can get an extra, celebrity-infused fix on ITV1's Dancing On Ice this evening. This being the last series, the programme is going out with a bang (crash, and wallop – it's slippery out there), with...
Reported by Central Somerset Gazette 9 hours ago.
FIREFIGHTERS freed one person from a crashed car in the early hours of today. Just after 1am two fire crews from Cinderford went to St White's Road where they found three people who had freed themselves from the car but one other person still trapped inside. All of the people were treated at the scene by the ambulance service. The crews ensured the area was safe and disconnected the vehicle's battery, and spent a total of on hour at this incident.
Reported by Gloucester Citizen 8 hours ago.
THREE fire engines raced to the scene of a suspected fire near Stroud early this morning. After being told a car was on fire with people trapped inside, two fire crews from Painswick and another from Stroud dashed to the A46 just before 1.30am. The crews confirmed there was no fire and went on to extricate one person from the car. One person had already been released before the arrival of the emergency services and both were treated at the scene by the ambulance service. In total the crews were...
Reported by Gloucester Citizen 8 hours ago.
A GOOD Samaritan has told how he talked a man down off a Torquay railway bridge. Dave Nicholls, 30 was returning from a 12-hour shift at work when he spotted the man on the wrong side of the crash barrier on Hamelin Way at 6.30am on Saturday. He managed to calmly speak to him and after half-an-hour the man climbed to safety and was taken to hospital. Dave said: "I just drove up from Kerswell Gardens and noticed someone on the left hand side. I had to do a double take because with all the road...
Reported by Torquay Herald Express 8 hours ago.
A motorist has died and another was seriously injured after a car crash in Oldcotes this morning. Police are appealing for witnesses following the fatal collision at 6.15am today (Sunday February 23) on Blyth Road involving two dark-coloured vehicles. Despite the efforts of emergency service workers the male driver of one of the cars died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, also male, was taken to Northern General Hospital in Sheffield with serious injuries. Were you in the Blyth...
Reported by Retford Times 3 hours ago.
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut a woman from a car after a crash in University Boulevard. The two-car collision left the busy road closed for two hours at the junction with Lace Street in Dunkirk on Saturday at just after 5pm. An ambulance crew and police attended the scene while the woman was trapped in the vehicle. Special fire rescue equipment was used by the two crews from Highfields Fire Station in Beeston to remove the top of the car and avoid further injury. Notts Fire and Rescue Service could...
Reported by Nottingham Post 5 hours ago.
Jade Best (pictured), 19, was killed instantly when the high-powered car driven by Adam Ruthven, 27, lost control and skidded sideways into a hairdressing salon in West Yorkshire.
Reported by MailOnline 3 hours ago.
Two people were taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital following a two-car collision in Wicken on Friday.
Reported by Saffron Walden News 4 hours ago.