The Essex Chronicle
DANBURY, England — A critically ill patient had to be cut from an ambulance after it careered into a ditch while on an emergency call.
Peter Langley, 74, from Great Totham, had been picked up from his home and was being driven to Broomfield Hospital when the ambulance transporting him collided with a van on Main Road, Danbury.
Three paramedics had been escorting him and managed to free themselves but two fire crews were dispatched to release the patient on Friday. The patient is in a stable condition.
Quickly Chelmsford fire officer Martin Hills told the Chronicle: “We arrived very quickly after the accident happened at just after 10.30am. When we got there the paramedics were already out of the ambulance which was down a ditch by the side of the road.
“We proceeded to lift the patient out of the back of the ambulance and he was quickly taken away by a replacement ambulance that had arrived.”
The road between Hulls Lane and Riffhams Lane was closed for two hours. The paramedics were also taken to Broomfield Hospital with minor injuries.
“The van and female driver were at the side of the road. She was uninjured,” said Mr Hills.
East of England Ambulance Service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “An investigation has been launched to find out the cause of the collision and we are working closely with Essex Police.”
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