SEVEN people, including four children, were taken to hospital after a road accident in Farnborough this week.
A car and a taxi crashed into each other at around 3.45pm on Tuesday, near the Clockhouse Roundabout, in Farnborough Road.
Police, fire and ambulance services had to be called to the scene.
A green Rover and a silver taxi collided, in the acccident, near the Ham & Blackbird pub.
A 35-year-old man had to be cut free from one of the vehicles by fire crews.
He was taken straight to hospital.
It is believed the four children and their carer, who were involved in the accident, managed to escape without injuries.
All five were taken to hospital as a precaution, along with one other person.
Martin Sawden, spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service, said: “The 35-year-old man had spinal injuries, he was collared for his neck and put on a long board [a stretcher.]
“He was taken to Frimley Park Hospital. Four children and their carer were also taken to hospital, so their parents could pick them up. There is no information on them being injured.”
Three ambulances attended the crash, as well as two fire engines from Rushmoor Fire Station, and two Hampshire police units.
Officers were required to redirect motorists following the incident.
Police were required in order to prevent traffic conges-tion as the time approached rush hour at the scene.
Drivers being ushered past saw the aftermath of the scene, and witnessed some of the damage to the vehicles.
Vanessa Baldwin, who was driving by at the time, said: “I saw the crashed car, the Rover.
“From what I could see it looked quite badly damaged, it looked quite bad. I think the recovery truck came by and picked up the vehicle. All the emergency services were there, fire, police and ambulances.”
Ms Baldwin said she did not see the injured man being taken to hospital.
It is believed spectators were present who witnessed him in the vehicle.
Two lanes of the road had to be closed, but Ms Baldwin added that police were doing a good job at keeping the traffic moving. “The accident was blocking two lanes going towards the Ham & Blackbird,” she said. “But the police handled it very well – they organised it very well.
“There was no extra traffic, and it was around 5pm in Farnborough.
“But all the emergency services handled it well.
“I expected the road to be blocked, but it was fine.”
source: gethampshire.co.uk
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