Chatteris man hospitalised after lorry overturns on A142 near Mepal - Magpas air ambulance flies to the scene
The lorry which overturned on the A142 near Mepal yesterday - Credit: Archant
A Chatteris man was hospitalised yesterday after the 32 tonne lorry he was driving overturned on the A142 near Mepal.
Chatteris man hospitalised after lorry overturns on A142 near Mepal - Credit: Archant
The accident happened when the man, who is in his 40s, suffered a medical emergency.
A Magpas spokesman said: “At 10.34am Magpas doctor Andy Lindsay and paramedics Dan Cody and Dan Read landed in Chatteris, via the Magpas Air Ambulance, to treat the driver of a lorry involved in a single vehicle collision.
“The Magpas team assessed the man and provided him with advanced pain relief and anti-sickness medication.
“He was then taken by land ambulance to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, where he was in a potentially life threatening condition upon arrival.
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“The helicopter crew who flew the medical team were chief pilot Richard Eastwood and crew member Rob Davies.
“An EEAST paramedic crew was also in attendance.”
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No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
