Baby suffers serious head injury in crash near Kingsbridge

Police were called to the scene at Sherford Cross yesterday

Author: Sophie SquiresPublished 9th Nov 2022

Police are appealing for information following a crash near Kingsbridge which left a baby seriously injured.

It happened at Sherford Cross, Chillington yesterday (Tuesday 8 November) at around 5.10pm.

The collision involved a black VW Touareg and a blue VW Touran.

Three people from the VW Touran, an adult and two children, were taken to Derriford by a land ambulance and the Devon Air Ambulance. An infant was then transferred to Bristol Royal Hospital with a serious head injury.

Local officers as well as Officers from the Alliance Roads Policing Team attended the scene. Once a forensic investigation had been conducted the road was re-opened.

A full investigation of the scene took place and officers are working to establish the cause of this collision.

Officers would like to thank the public for their patience while they investigated the scene and are now appealing for any witnesses who were in the area at the time of the collision to telephone 101 quoting Log 0566 of 8 November 2022.

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