SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Elderly people suffer head injuries

TWO elderly people were taken to hospital this afternoon (Thursday, May 22, 2014) with head injuries following a crash on the A303.

They were in a car which was in collision with a lorry on the busy A303 close to the turn-off for Yeovilton.

Firefighters from Yeovil and Somerton were mobilised at around 3.15pm, while a crew from Clyst St George were initially in attendance after passing the incident in a Fire Service vehicle. They stopped to give out first aid until back-up support arrived.

The two elderly people were trapped inside their car and firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment to free them from the vehicle.

They were then taken to hospital by ambulance.

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