Casualty in hospital after lorry tips over onto car

Firefighters from the Melton Mowbray station were deployed to an incident this morning (Tuesday) in which a lorry overturned onto a car.

Emergency services were called at 7.46am with reports of the serious road collision on the Melton Road at Burton-on-the-Wolds.

A casualty was trapped inside the vehicle for more than three hours before being taken to hospital.

A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Upon arrival it was confirmed that a tipper lorry has overturned onto a car and a male casualty was trapped in the car.

“The car was winched free of the tipper lorry at 11.12am and extrication of the casualty took place.“At 11.27am, the casualty was released from the vehicle and was conveyed to Queen’s Medical Centre, in Nottingham, via land ambulance.”

The local air ambulance was sent to the scene, as well as East Midlands Ambulance Service, police and firefighters from Castle Donington, plus a Technical Rescue Team from the city’s Southern Fire Station.