Three people in hospital with serious injuries after crash in Paignton
Police are urging any witnesses to come forward
Three people have suffered serious injuries following a two-vehicle crash in Paignton.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Marldon Road yesterday (Tuesday 5 April) at around 3.05pm.
It involved a red Renault Maxity and a silver Mazda Demio.
Both drivers were taken to Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth, by air ambulance with serious injuries.
A passenger from one vehicle was taken to Torbay District Hospital, also with serious injuries.
Response officers and officers from the Alliance Roads Policing Team attended the scene, along with Forensic Collision Investigators.
The road was closed while a full investigation of the scene took place and officers are working to establish the cause of the collision.
A spokesperson from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue said:
"Fire control received a call from a member of the public to a road traffic collision on Marldon Road in Paignton.
"2 fire engines, 1 from Torquay and 1 from Paignton attended the incident alongside officers.
"On arrival crews confirmed a 2 vehicle collision resulting in 4 casualties, 2 of which were trapped in 1 vehicle and 1 trapped in the other, crews immediately requested a third fire appliance for personnel, a second fire engine from Torquay was assigned.
"Crews then got to work with Hydraulic and electrical spreading and cutting equipment, small tools and a jet to release the severely entrapped casualties and releasing them to the care of South West ambulance services."
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information or dashcam footage that could help the police with their enquiries, please email 101@dc.police.uk or call 101, quoting log 439 of Tuesday 5 April.