Five people taken to hospital after Blackpool crash

Officers were called to Common Edge Road, at 10.27pm on Christmas day. This was following reports that a Mercedes CLA 220, that had been travelling from St Annes, had left the carriageway and crashed into a wall. Three boys, aged 13, 15 and 17, a 17-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s have suffered multiple serious injuries.

They have all been taken to hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening at this time. A 42-year-old man from St Annes has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

He remains in custody. Sgt Paul McCurrie, from our Road Policing Unit, said: “This collision has left a number of people with some very serious injuries. Thankfully, those injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening at this time.

“Our enquiries to establish the full circumstances of what led to the collision are ongoing.

I would ask any witnesses or anybody with any CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage which would help our investigation to contact the police as soon as possible.”

Anyone with information has been asked to get in touch by emailing [email protected] or call 101 quoting log 987 of 25th December 2023.