FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Man air lifted to hospital after crash
A man was airlifted to hospital in a “critical” condition following a crash involving a van and a pedestrian in Sunderland.
Emergency services were called to the collision involving a Vauxhall Combo and a man in Fulwell Road at about 3pm yesterday.
One man was flown to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by the Great North Air Ambulance.
A spokesman for the Great North Air Ambulance said: “We were called shortly after 3pm to Sunderland following reports of a pedestrian and a vehicle involved in a collision.
“One man was airlifted from Sunderland to the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
“The patient was in a critical condition on arrival.”
Both the driver and the pedestrian have been taken to hospital.
Northumbria Police placed a cordon at the scene and a diversion was put in place. Officers have also appealed for anyone with dashcam footage from the area at the time of the collision to come forward.
A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said: “Police received a report of a collision involving a Vauxhall Combo and a male pedestrian on Fulwell Road, in Sunderland.
“Both the male driver and pedestrian are being taken to hospital.
“Any witnesses, or those with dashcam footage, are asked to contact police on 101 and quote reference number 624 05/03/18.”
A North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 3.07pm to reports of a road traffic collision on Fulwell Road.
“Two double-crewed ambulances and trauma car are at the scene along with on Hazardous Area Response Crew.”
A resident at the scene said the crash looked “serious”, saying: “A white van is on its side and a couple of ambulances and police cars are at the scene.
“It looks like it has hit a lamp-post and the front end of the van is quite badly damaged.
“It looks like quite a bad accident.
“The road is closed and there is a big cordon from Laburnum Road down to The Cambridge pub.”
North East Live Traffic tweeted that the road had been closed as a result of the incident.
It tweeted: “Fulwell Road in Roker, Sunderland, has been closed due to a serious collision between a van, which has ended up on its side, and a pedestrian, closure between Laburnum Road and Roker Baths.”
“The patient was in a critical condition on arrival” AIR AMBULANCE