Woman airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital after three-car crash in Ascot
Published 5 Mar 2013 09:30
A332 Windsor Road closed for three hours
A WOMAN motorist has been airlifted to hospital with suspected broken bones after the vehicle she was travelling in was involved in a multi car pileup.
Fire crews from Bracknell, as well as police and paramedics were called to the scene on the A332 Windsor Road in Ascot at around 2.30pm today (WEDS), where they found a black VW Passat, a black Toyota Landcruiser (which was towing a trailer) and a blue Nissan X-trail.
The driver of the Passat was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, by air ambulance with suspected broken bones and four people were taken by ambulance to Wexham Park Hospital, Slough.
A spokeswoman for South Central Ambulance confirmed it received a call at around 2.30pm and despatched an air ambulance, two rapid response vehicles and four ambulance crews to the scene.
A total of five patients were treated on site.
Firefighter Steve Blackman, from Bracknell Fire Station said the Passat was precariously balanced in and out of a ditch and another vehicle had embedded itself in a holly bush.
The road was reopened at 5.15pm.
This article appeared in Bracknell News 05 Mar 13
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