A47 Wisbech crash on Sunday involved an Audi A4 and Lexus IS
A grey Audi A4, heading towards Wisbech, collided with a grey Lexus IS, heading in the opposite direction, at South Brink, between Guyhirn and Wisbech, at about 5.40am yesterday (Sunday December 30). The driver of the Lexus, a 28-year-old man, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in King's Lynn, suffering from serious injuries before being taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge. Three men travelling in the Audi were not seriously injured while another man did not remain at the scene.
A red Kia Stonic and a blue Land Rover Freelander were also involved, with the drivers suffering minor injuries. Four men were arrested as a result of the crash:
- A 30-year-old man, from Wisbech, on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
- A 25-year-old man, of no fixed address, on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving with excess drugs.
- A 25-year-old man, from Grays, Essex, on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol, and driving with excess drugs.
- A 25-year-old man, of no fixed address, on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol, and driving with excess drugs.
They have been released on bail until March 19 next year and police are now appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage. Sergeant Mark Atkins said: "I would like to hear from anyone who may have dashcam footage or saw the vehicles involved before the collision.
"I would also like to appeal directly to a lorry driver who may have seen the vehicles involved just before the collision." RECOMMENDED READING: Crash on the A47 at South Brink near Wisbech[1] Anyone with information or video footage should report it through the force website using references Operation Highmast and CC-29122024-0066.
Anyone without internet access should call 101.
References
- ^ Crash on the A47 at South Brink near Wisbech (www.wisbechstandard.co.uk)