A driver had two “miracle escapes” after a plank of wooden nearly decapitated him when it smashed via his windscreen - moments earlier than his van was destroyed by a lorry.
Photos from the scene present the darkish gray Ford Transit Customized van concerned completely crushed after it collided with a HGV on Financial institution Vacation Monday (Might 2).
The ambulance providers mentioned it was "outstanding that no-one was killed".
Through the crash, which occurred on the A50 between Blythe Bridge and Uttoxter in Staffordshire, the lorry flipped over onto its facet. The drivers of each autos luckily solely suffered minor accidents.
Rescue groups, together with two ambulances, two paramedics and the Midland Air Ambulance, dashed to the scene of the crash.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman mentioned: “Crews arrived to discover a HGV on its facet up an embankment and a van which had sustained vital injury within the collision together with a chunk of wooden via its windscreen.
“The motive force of the van, a person, was miraculously out of his automobile and sitting in conjunction with the street. He was assessed by the staff of ambulance employees and located with accidents not considered life-threatening.
“He was given remedy on scene earlier than being conveyed by land ambulance to Royal Stoke College Hospital. The HGV driver, a person, was additionally out of his overturned automobile and was assessed on scene by ambulance employees.
“He sustained no obvious critical accidents however was conveyed to the identical hospital for additional checks as a result of critical nature of the collision. Contemplating the dramatic scene and vital injury, it was outstanding that no-one was killed.”
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