Woman seriously hurt in crash (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Woman seriously hurt in crash

The car which crashed through a hedge and turned over at Worton on Monday 17071/3A 45-YEAR-OLD Salisbury woman was airlifted to hospital with a suspected broken neck after the car in which she was a passenger came off the road and ended up upside down in a field.

The crash happened on the notorious minor road between Worton and the Black Dog crossroads on the A360.

The woman was a front seat passenger in a red Renault Laguna travelling towards the A360.

Police said the 50-year-old male driver lost control on a bend and rolled the car through a hedge, and it ended up on its roof.

Ambulance, police and fire crews attended the scene. Fire fighters from Devizes, Melksham and Salisbury released the injured woman by using hydraulic equipment to free her.

An air ambulance flew the injured woman to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. The driver escaped with minor injuries.

Traffic police are appealing for witnesses to contact them on (01722) 435356.

The crash happened at about 12.20pm on Monday and was about 40 yards away from the home of Peter and Joan Pressley, who live on the bend which has been the scene of numerous collisions. In fact at around 8am on Monday a motorist lost control of his car and it ended up in the Pressleys' hedge.

The motorist was uninjured but he had to call for a recovery vehicle to tow his car away.

Mrs Pressley said: "I had said to my husband that it was raining and wondered when we would get an accident and two minutes later a vehicle ended up in our hedge.

"The whole of this road is a complete nightmare, the county council must surely get the speed limit reduced from 60mph."

Wiltshire County Council said it would be investigating to see if any further improvements were needed to the road.

A spokesman said: "There have been a total of six collisions near Sundown Cottage that resulted in injuries to people in the three years up until June 30.

"Improvements to the signs on the approach to the bends were carried out last year and we have also asked local landowners to keep their hedges cut to help visibility.

"However, in light of the continuing number of collisions we are investigating the causes to see if there is any further work we can do to improve the situation."