Teenager left with life threatening injuries following horror crash
The incident happened on the A56 slip road which leads on to the A679 Accrington Road (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown)
A teenage girl has been seriously injured in a horror crash on an Accrington[1] road.
Police said they were called at just af
ter 7pm yesterday (Friday, July 7) after a Mercedes Sprinter van left the carriageway of the A56 slip road, which leads on to the A679 Accrington Road.
The van crashed through a metal barrier and down a steep ravine below.
The driver, a man in his 20s, suffered serious injuries including a number of fractures and was taken to hospital. His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
A 15-year-old female passenger suffered serious injuries and was taken to Manchester Children’s Hospital. Her injuries are described as life threatening.
Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with mobile or dashcam footage to come forward.
Sgt Phil Baxendale, of the Specialist Operations Road Policing Unit, said: “This collision has left a young woman fighting for her life and I would appeal to anyone who either saw the collision itself, or the van beforehand, or who has any footage which could assist in our investigation, to get in touch.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 101 quoting log 1253 of July 7.
References
- ^ Accrington (www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)