Woman cut free after car flips near Taynton
A woman was trapped after her car flipped upside down near Taynton yesterday.
Firefighters cut her free after she was given trauma care while still inside the vehicle.
It happened on the B4216 between Newent and Taynton at about 6.45pm.
A fire and rescue service spokesman said: "At 6.46pm March 10, fire control received a call from colleagues in the police requesting their attendance to a one vehicle road traffic collision, with the occupier trapped in the vehicle.
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"One Appliance from Newent Station and One appliance from Gloucester North, along with the Specialist Incident Support Unit were mobilised with a total of 13 firefighters.
"On arrival crews found one vehicle upside down in the road. One adult female was administered immediate trauma care prior to being cut free from her vehicle and handed over to paramedics on scene.
"Crews were in attendance for a total of one hour and ten minutes."
6 Comments
by lordigaga
Monday, March 11 2013, 7:01PM
“someone else who's taking notice, good on you Gerry”
by geraint2010
Monday, March 11 2013, 2:15PM
“A veggie on a motorbike eh? Don't you know those things can KILL lordi?!”
by lordigaga
Monday, March 11 2013, 2:06PM
“EllJay
good, it means you are taking notice, unlike most women drivers, I know, i ride a motorbike, and women drivers are deadly.”
by agent006
Monday, March 11 2013, 11:35AM
“Spokesman said "One adult female was administered immediate trauma care"
One female adult? You mean "A Woman", surely? Why do the emergency services need to be so wordy and faux-formal?”
by EllJay1
Monday, March 11 2013, 11:04AM
“As soon as I saw that there was one comment I knew exactly who had posted it!”
by lordigaga
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:06AM
“why are they allowed to drive?”