A MAN had to be resuscitated after his car swerved off the road, was impaled on a crash barrier and ended up balanced on a gas pipe on a bridge over the River Ray.
The dramatic incident occurred shortly before 6pm on Wednesday on the northbound carriageway of the A419 at Kingshill Farm at Calcutt, near Cricklade.
The red VW Passat had just overtaken a Ford Transit van and a Ford Focus when it swerved off the road at 5.55pm.
A Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) ambulance crew were on scene within minutes and immediately requested back-up from the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
The driver, a 36-year-old Cheltenham man, was the only person in the car and no other vehicles were involved in the incident.
He suffered a serious head injury, as well as pelvic and leg injuries, and had to be resuscitated and stabilised by GWAS clinicians before being airlifted to Frenchay Hospital, in Bristol.
Garreth Saunders, senior GWAS clinician and officer at the scene, called ahead from the roadside to let the hospital know about the patient, so they were standing by when the air ambulance landed at 7.09pm.
His family were contacted and police transported them to hospital.
Police spoke to a number of witnesses at the scene but are keen to hear from anyone who saw the accident, or saw the red VW Passat on the A419 prior to the incident.
source: swindonadvertiser.co.uk
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