Lincolnshire Personal Injury
A 70-YEAR-OLD man has been airlifted to hospital after being involved in a head-on crash.
The unnamed pensioner is said to have "life-threatening" injuries after the blue Suzuki Swift he was driving collided with a white Ford transit van in a smash that left his car a crumpled mess of metal.
The driver, of Bucknall, near Woodhall Spa, was cut from the wreckage and taken to Lincoln County Hospital with "significant" chest, leg and pelvis injuries. He is currently on a ventilator, police said.
The driver of the van is not believed to have sustained serious injuries, but was also taken to Lincoln County Hospital for treatment.
The accident happened on the B1190, near Thimbleby Lakes – a stretch of road which has two sharp bends one after the other – between Thimbleby and Horsington, near Horncastle, just before 11.30am yesterday.
After the vehicles collided, the Suzuki ended up in a ditch. The van came to a stop across the road, with a damage to its passenger side.
Inspector Rob Gowler from Lincolnshire Police was at the scene.
He said: "At the moment it's not clear what caused the accident and we are carrying out tests and inquiries to answer that question.
"We would like a witness appeal to go out for a driver we believe was in the area. A lady with two teenage children turned up at some point around 11.30am in a silver Vauxhall Astra, which we believe was an old-style vehicle with 1999 V-plates, perhaps.
"We believe she stopped initially but was not at the scene when we arrived. We don't know what her involvement in the collision was at this time, but we would very much like for her to get in touch."
The road was closed for several hours while officers worked the scene and recovery crews moved the wreckage.
One person, who lives around the corner from where the accident happened, but asked not to be named, said: "It can be a tricky stretch of road to drive on with the tight bends around here."
Fire crews from Horncastle and Woodhall Spa attended the incident and used hydraulic cutting equipment to release the driver of the Suzuki.
Anyone with information about the incident or who saw either of the vehicles prior to the collision should call the Collision Witness Hotline on 01522 558855, quoting incident 163 of August 3.
source: thisislincolnshire.co.uk
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