Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision on the main road between St Helens and Bembridge this evening (Tuesday).
Police and paramedics were called to the scene on Kings Road at around 16:45 following reports of a road traffic collision, with a fire appliance from Shanklin also mobilised to the scene shortly after.
Flying doctors from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have also been called to the scene landing near Bembridge Point.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area whilst the incident is dealt with.
UPDATE @ 17:20 – Fire crews have blocked the road near the junction with Station Road.
Paramedics from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are tending to the casualty.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary are also in attendance and a Police cordon has now been erected.
UPDATE @ 18:07 – The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has now left the scene and have conveyed the casualty to hospital in Southampton.
A spokesperson for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has issued the following statement:
“Police were called at 17:15 today to reports of a single vehicle collision on Station Road.
A man has suffered serious injuries and has been taken to hospital.
Officers and other emergency services are on scene.”
At least one policeman remembered to put his cap on – pity none of them remembered their hi-viz coats at a road incident.
Billy you lost your glasses? Looks like all 3 have caps on. Why would they need hi-viz coats when the roads closed and they’re nearly all within a cordon? On more time?
Somebody’s been seriously injured in a road traffic collision and that’s all you could think of to say ?.
Sad sad sadder saddest aye
They walk among us.
Bit like Island Roads vehicles, when pulling trailers with
Equipment on board
NO NUMBER PLATE ON TRAILER, IT IS LAW TO DISPLAY A VEHICLE
REGISTRATION ON A TRAILER
“” NOT ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT “” OBVIOUSLY ISLAND ROADS HAVE NO
MANAGEMENT RUNNING THEM.
Island Roads are a Lawless Organisation
Many of the Utility Companies on the Island do the same.
There are no RULES on the Island when it comes to Law and Order on Island Roads
What a sad life you lead
Hope the gentleman is OK.
Thoughts with all family and friends at this difficult time.
How can you have a single car collision ?????
Could have been a medical problem don’t make comments like that
Hope the person is ok and makes a full recovery
So, what has the car collided with at 20 mph?
Think it was a motorbike
The so called Elite persons in the world only fly with
Unvaccinated pilots flying.
Hope the person is ok.
Another nutter making it up as he goes along. Seeing conspiracies everywhere he looks. Sad really.
The truth always hurts
You need to read real news and you will learn what is going on in the world.
Ah, yes: “real news”. The “you read it on the Internet, so it must be true, real news”