Man cut free after car squashed between trucks
Motorist in serious condition after M4 southern freeway bridge crash
A motorist is in a serious condition after he was trapped in his vehicle when it was sandwiched between two trucks in a Quality Street crash on the M4 southern freeway bridge just after 3pm on Monday, 27 June.
Rescue Care Paramedics found two trucks and a car had collided on the bridge but the car was stuck under the truck. Advanced life support paramedics climbed under the truck to stabilise the man in the vehicle, before he could be cut free from the wreckage. Once freed, they carefully extricated him before transporting him to a nearby hospital. Three other people were also injured and were transported by ambulance to hospital.
The cause of the crash is not known.
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