First reported by Island Echo
2-CAR CRASH CAUSES EVENING RUSH HOUR DELAYS AT APSE HEATH
A crash involving 2 cars is causing tailbacks at Apse Heath Roundabout this evening (Monday). The incident, which occurred shortly before 17:15, has involved a Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra van. Police are directing traffic past the scene of...
Read moreDetailsCAR IN DITCH AFTER DRIVER DISTRACTED BY PET
A car has been left on its side after veering into a roadside ditch on the main road into Bembridge this afternoon (Monday). The driver of the silver Ford found themselves in need of assistance following the single vehicle incident,...
Read moreDetailsMAN SEEN WITH MACHETE OUTSIDE PUB SOUGHT BY POLICE
Police on the Isle of Wight are looking for a man who turned up to a pub armed with a machete yesterday afternoon (Saturday). The incident occurred outside The Traveller's Joy pub on Pallance Road in Northwood at 17:15. A...
Read moreDetailsSEWAGE FLOWS ONTO THE BEACH AT APPLEY FOLLOWING PUMP FAILURE
Exclusion zones have been set up around raw sewage that has flooded parts of Ryde Esplanade and flowed onto the beach following a pump failure overnight. Local walkers arrived at Appley this morning (Sunday) to a strong smell of sewage...
Read moreDetailsMILTON KEYNES MAN CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING FOLLOWING COWES CRASH
A 51-year-old man from Milton Keynes has been charged with drink driving following a crash in Cowes last night (Saturday). As first reported by Island Echo, 3 vehicles were damaged in the late night collision on Newport Road, close to...
Read moreDetailsBEACH FIRE AT WEST WIGHT BEAUTY SPOT EXTINGUISHED
A beach fire which could have easily spread to nearby woodland has been extinguished by firefighters in the West Wight this morning (Sunday). 1 retained appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to the scene at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth after a...
Read moreDetailsCRASH AND OIL LEAK CLOSES ASHEY ROAD
A car has sustained significant damage and oil is leaking onto the carriageway following a single vehicle collision on Ashey Road this morning (Sunday). Police have closed the road in both directions as a result of the white Ford Fiesta...
Read moreDetailsDRIVER NICKED AS MULTIPLE CARS DAMAGED IN COWES CRASH
The driver of a Honda Civic has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst over the limit following a crash involving several vehicles on Newport Road in Cowes tonight (Saturday). The Honda crashed into 3 vehicles before coming to a...
Read moreDetailsWOMAN WITH LEG INJURY EXTRICATED FROM BEAUTY SPOT ABOVE VENTNOR
Coastguards were called in to assist paramedics in moving an injured woman who had fallen on St Boniface Down this afternoon (Saturday). The casualty had taken a tumble and suffered a leg injury as a result. The Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsMEDICAL EMERGENCY LEADS TO COASTGUARD CALL TO CULVER
A medical emergency prompted a multi agency response to Culver Down this afternoon (Friday). St John’s Ambulance paramedics working on behalf of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responded to the scene at just after 14:00. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team...
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