Personal injury news

Woman suffers whiplash after being trapped upside down in car crash

A 43-year-old woman escaped a car crash with whiplash and several fractured ribs after being trapped upside down for nearly an hour before eventually being freed by fire-fighters and airlifted to hospital.

Elizabeth Bennison's Peugeot 106 was involved in a collision with a Peugeot 206 carrying five teenagers on the Wingfield Road in Trowbridge.

Ironically, this collision lead to another road accident involving the emergency services that were called to attend the scene. A fireman was hit by a police car while both were on their way to the emergency.

The fire-fighter, Mark Povey, was admitted to Royal United Hospital in Bath with minor head and neck injuries but was released the next day after doctors gave him the all clear.

Mrs Bennison was said to feel culpable for what happened to the fireman but extremely thankful to everyone that came to her aid following the car accident. She is now recovering from her whiplash injury and fractured ribs at home.

The cause of the car accident is still unknown and is being investigated by local police.