First reported by Island Echo
TRAFFIC HEAVY AS CRASH IN LAKE BLOCKS MAIN DIVERSION ROUTE
Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision in Lake this lunchtime (Monday), which is causing significant delays in the area. The incident has occurred near to Tesco Express on The Fairway - the diversion route for the...
Read moreDetailsAPPEAL FOR WITNESSES AS 36-YEAR-OLD MOTORCYCLIST SUFFERS SERIOUS LEG INJURIES
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision between a motorcycle and a car in Shanklin yesterday afternoon (Sunday), which has left a motorcyclist with significant leg injuries. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to...
Read moreDetailsBOMB DISPOSAL DETONATE ORDNANCE ON COMPTON BEACH
A piece of suspected ordnance has been destroyed by means of a controlled explosion on the beach at Compton this afternoon (Sunday). Bomb Disposal experts from the Royal Navy, who travelled across the Solent from Portsmouth, responded to the West...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO SERIOUS MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN SHANKLIN
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to a serious collision between a motorcycle and a car in Shanklin this afternoon (Sunday). Police and paramedics are currently on scene at the crossroads junction of Arthur’s Hill...
Read moreDetailsBODY OF MAN IN HIS 80s DISCOVERED AT MOUNT JOY CEMETERY
Police have confirmed the discovery of a body at Mount Joy Cemetery on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Saturday) - the second such incident today alone. Officers were deployed to the cemetery at Carisbrooke at 11:51 when the body...
Read moreDetailsBODY FOUND IN CHURCH GRAVEYARD AT NORTHWOOD PARK IN COWES
Police have established a cordon around a graveyard at Northwood Park in Cowes this morning (Saturday). Officers descended on the scene, off Church Road, shortly before 09:00. Members of the public in the area at the time were told to...
Read moreDetailsFIRE CREWS IN OPERATION TO MOVE UNWELL PATIENT FROM RYDE PROPERTY
A large scale operation to move an unwell individual from a residential property and into an awaiting ambulance is underway in Ryde this morning (Saturday). 2 fire crews, an aerial ladder platform and the Rescue Tender are all on scene...
Read moreDetails2 MOTORCYCLES INVOLVED IN CRASH AT MIDDLE ROAD NEAR CALBOURNE
A motorcyclist has been involved in a crash on Middle Road to the west of Calbourne this afternoon (Friday). Emergency services are responding to the collision, which has occurred on Newport Road between Calbourne Water Mill and Swainstone Manor. The...
Read moreDetailsPARAMEDICS TEND TO MOTORCYCLIST FOLLOWING BEAPER SHUTE CRASH
Police and paramedics are tending to a motorcyclist who has been involved in a road traffic incident between Ryde and Brading this afternoon (Thursday). The incident, which happened just before 16:00, has occurred on the straight section of Beaper Shute...
Read moreDetailsMAYDAY ALERT PROMPTS LARGE SCALE SEARCH OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Yarmouth RNLI, Swanage RNLI and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 are all involved in a search off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Wednesday). HM Coastguard received a Mayday broadcast from an unknown station at around 12:05 this...
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