Police appeal for information following crash in Wilpshire.

Four people suffered serious injuries in the two car collision

Author: Louisa KingPublished 21st Mar 2023

Lancashire Police are appealing for information following a serious collision in Wilpshire which has left four people in hospital with serious injuries.

It occurred at around 9.40pm last night (Monday) on Parsonage Road, when a BWM 118 collided with a Mercedes A200 which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the BMW – a man aged in his 20s – suffered multiple serious injuries in the collision. A teenage boy in the BMW suffered a broken pelvis and ribs and another man in his 20s suffered a broken pelvis, ribs and vertebrae.

The driver of the Mercedes – a woman in her 40s – suffered a fractured vertebrae and ankle.

The families of those injured are now being supported by specialist officers.

The road was closed until around 7am today (Tuesday) while collision investigators attended the scene.

An investigation is now very much underway and we are appealing for information about the collision and are asking anybody with information or footage showing what happened to get in touch.

Sgt Dave Hurst, of the Roads Policing Team, said: “This was a serious collision which left four people in hospital, one of whom has life-changing injuries.

“An investigation has been launched and we are working hard to establish what occurred.

“We are now asking anybody who witnessed the collision or who saw either of the vehicles in the moments before it happened to get in touch. We would also like to hear from anyone who has CCTV, doorbell, dashcam or other footage showing the area around the collision.”

Anybody with information should call 101, quoting log 1305 of March 20th Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, smartspeaker, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Rayo app.