UPDATE SUNDAY 1PM: Witness plea after tanker driver seriously injured at Swinderby

Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver sustained serious injuries when his tanker flipped at Swinderby and ended up in a ditch.
Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111643001Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111643001
Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111643001

A collision between a blue BMW and a tanker lorry took place on the southbound carriageway opposite the Swinderby turn off yesterday at around 6.35am. The tanker had to be recovered from a ditch as a result.

The male driver of the tanker received serious injuries and was air lifted to hospital for treatment. No-one else was seriously injured.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or saw either of the vehicles prior to the incident should contact police on the witness collision hotline, 01522 558855, quoting incident 61 of 16/04/2016.

UPDATE SATURDAY 5.20PM: A driver of a tanker which flipped on the A46 near Swinderby has been freed.

The tanker had crashed through the road barriers into a field full of sheep.

Motorists reported traffic building up as a result of the road being closed southbound as firefighters worked to free the driver.

Crews from Hykeham, Lincoln North and South and Notts Collingham were called to the scene at 6,39am. They used hydraulic rescue equipment to gain access to the driver, whose lorry had overturned and ended up in a ditch.

Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001
Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001

A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said on Twitter: “Crews released one male casualty using hydraulic rescue equipment and stemmed a diesel leak from the tanker.”

An spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said: “We received a call from the police at 06.41 this morning, reporting a petrol tanker had been involved in a road traffic collision on the A46 near Swinderby.

“Our Emergency Operations Centre responded immediately and sent crews to the scene in fast response cars, an ambulance and requested support from an EMICS doctor and the Air Ambulance.

“A male patient was assessed and treated on scene by our clinicians and taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre by the air ambulance.

Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111656001Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111656001
Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111656001

“No-one else required assessment or treatment at the scene.

“The air ambulance arrived at the QMC at 08.37am.”

The pictures were posted on Twitter by watch manager Karl Turrill.

UPDATE SATURDAY 10.30AM: Motorists have reported congestion along the A46 near Swinderby as firefighters work to free a driver who became trapped when his tanker overturned in a ditch. Crews from Hykeham, Lincoln North and South and Notts Collingham were called to the scene at 6.39am.

Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001
Scene of the accident on the A46 near Swinderby. ANL-160416-111708001

The tanker had crashed through the road barriers into a field full of sheep.

Traffic has been building up since the road was closed southbound as firefighters tried to free the driver.

A spokesman for the fire service said on Twitter: “A46 near Swinderby. Crews from Hykeham, Lincoln North & South + Notts Collingham attending. Crews using hydraulic rescue equipment to gain access to driver of a lorry that has entered a ditch.”

The pictures were posted on Twitter by watch manager Karl Turrill.

SATURDAY 8.50AM: Firefighters have been freeing a lorry driver trapped in a ditch following a road accident on the A46 near Swinderby. Firefighters have been freeing a lorry driver following a road accident on the A46 near Swinderby.

Crews from Hykeham, Lincoln North and South and Notts Collingham were called to a lorry in a ditch at 6.39am.

They have been using hydraulic rescue equipment to gain access to the driver.

More details as we get them.

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